{"id":1025737,"date":"2023-09-15T18:09:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025737"},"modified":"2024-05-21T17:56:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:56:36","slug":"maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-12\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MAGA-Malarkey.png?w=745\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1032202\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MAGA Republicans this week stooped to new lows with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and \u2014 as President Biden would call it \u2014 malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump plans to go even further with his MAGAnomics tax scam that rigged the economy the ultra-wealthy and big corporations, Chris Christie called to extend the tax scam as well, Tim Scott rolled out his own MAGAnomics agenda, and Mike Pence once again supported Tommy Tuberville\u2019s military promotion blockade while Nikki Haley attacked the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also this week, reporting revealed Trump pushed House Republicans to chase a baseless impeachment inquiry against President Biden \u2014 which RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel admitted is a shameless political game for Trump \u2014 and Vivek Ramaswamy doubled down on his plans to defund law enforcement and shut down the Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump is planning to go even further with his extreme MAGA tax scam that ballooned the deficit and created incentives for companies to ship jobs overseas by adding more giveaways for the ultra-rich and big corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington Post: \u201cTrump and his advisers have discussed deeper cuts to both individual and corporate tax rates that would build on his controversial 2017 tax law, which they see as a major accomplishment worth expanding, according to interviews with a half-dozen people close to the former president, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christie doubled down on his support for Trump\u2019s tax scam and even called for the giveaways to be extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christie: \u201cFirst of all, we need to extend the Trump tax cuts. I think those need to be extended and they worked well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Scott\u2019s new economic rollout is based on the same failed MAGAnomics agenda \u2014 handouts for major corporations and the one percent at the expense of the middle class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott: \u201cI would tell Trump supporters if you like his policies, if you like tax cuts, if you like $4,400 more in your pockets because you got to keep your own money, I wrote it and he signed it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Pence once again threw his support behind Tommy Tuberville as he undermines our military and jeopardizes our national security all in the cause of anti-abortion extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News: \u201cPence says he &#8216;commends&#8217; senator&#8217;s blocking of military nominations in response to Pentagon&#8217;s abortion policy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pence: \u201cI commend Senator Tuberville, and rather than asking him to stand down, I&#8217;d ask the Pentagon to stand down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haley doubled down on criticizing the Department of Defense as Tommy Tuberville\u2019s military blockade halts hundreds of military promotions and puts our national security at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HuffPost: \u201cGOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley took aim at the Defense Department for beginning a policy at the center of Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s (R-Ala.) hold on 300-plus military promotions in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump suggested that House Republicans are pursuing their impeachment sham as payback for his own impeachments and was actively involved in the decision by Speaker-in-name-only McCarthy to ramp up the House GOP\u2019s political games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump: \u201cI think had they not done it to me \u2014 and I\u2019m very popular, they like me and I like them, the Republican Party \u2014 perhaps you wouldn\u2019t have it being done to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate Sullivan, CNN: \u201cTrump suggests Biden wouldn\u2019t be facing an impeachment inquiry if he hadn\u2019t been impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York Times: \u201cTrump Has Been Privately Encouraging G.O.P. Lawmakers to Impeach Biden\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politico: \u201cTrump privately discussed Biden impeachment with House GOPers\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hill: \u201cTrump speaks with Stefanik as GOP moves forward with Biden impeachment inquiry\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about Kevin McCarthy\u2019s impeachment sham, Ronna McDaniel brazenly suggested that it will help Republicans politically and that their stunts are about vengeance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McDaniel: \u201cI think [Kevin McCarthy] is right on. \u2026 our voters are sick and tired of Republicans getting attacked all the time through the courts or whatever and it&#8217;s time to go after Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramaswamy doubled down on his extreme \u201cAmerica First 2.0\u201d agenda that includes defunding federal law enforcement and shutting down the Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC News: \u201cRepublican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is laying out plans to shut down a number of federal government agencies if elected, starting with the FBI, Department of Education and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramaswamy: \u201cI think the FBI as an institution should not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington Post: \u201cBilled as \u2018America First 2.0,\u2019 an argument that Trump did not go far enough in passing his policy agenda as president, Ramaswamy\u2019s platform \u2014 which leans heavily on executive actions \u2014 includes raising the voting age to 25 unless certain requirements are met, ending affirmative action \u2018in every sphere of American life,\u2019 shutting down the FBI and trimming 75 percent of executive branch employees to reduce the size of the \u2018administrative state.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAGA Republicans this week stooped to new lows with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and \u2014 as President Biden would call it \u2014 malarkey. 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