{"id":1025876,"date":"2023-09-22T19:07:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T19:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025876"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:58:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:58:58","slug":"maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-13\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and \u2014 as President Biden would call it \u2014 malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump is trying to run from his extreme anti-abortion record, cheering for a government shutdown to advance his own political agenda, and attempting to rewrite his record of being one of the most anti-worker presidents in history. Also this week, Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, and Mike Pence doubled down on their support for Tommy Tuberville\u2019s military blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of all this, DeSantis, Scott, Pence, and Nikki Haley all renewed their commitments to supporting a national abortion ban; DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy denied the climate crisis; and House Republicans devolved into chaos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After paving the way for abortion bans across the country, Trump is trying to rewrite his record, but in his own words, \u201cnobody has ever done more\u201d for the anti-choice movement than Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/a>: \u201cThe person most responsible for what might be the greatest assault on individual freedom since the mid-20th century is Donald Trump, who appointed fully one-third of the justices on the Supreme Court, hard-core right-wing ideologues who overturned Roe just as he promised they would.\u201d
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Trump isn\u2019t even pretending he\u2019s above using MAGA House Republicans to advance his own political agenda \u2014 even if it means shutting down the government in a devastating blow to America\u2019s hardworking families. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker<\/a>: \u201cDo you think Republican hardliners should abandon their threat to shut down the government over their spending priorities now that there is this impeachment inquiry?\u201d
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Trump: \u201cNo, I think if they don\u2019t get a fair deal \u2013 we have to save our country. We\u2019re $35 trillion in debt. We have to save our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker: \u201cYou would shut down the government? You\u2019d support that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cI\u2019d shut down the government if they can’t make an appropriate deal. Absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s attempt to spin his record as the one of the most anti-union presidents in history isn\u2019t working \u2014 take it from the UAW president himself. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fain<\/a>: \u201cI’ll be real about that person. I’ll never forget in the \u201816 race when he spoke about workers in Michigan, union jobs and the Midwest \u2014 and said that \u2018we need to do a rotation in this country, we need to move those jobs to other places that pay less money. And then those people will be begging for their jobs back for anything.\u2019 That’s not \u2013 that’s not a person I want as my president. You know, and recently he made the comment about, you know, telling people to stop paying their dues. That’s not someone that represents working class people. He’s part of the billionaire class. We need to not forget that. And that’s what our members need to think about when they go to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNBC<\/a>: \u201cFain has said he believes another Trump presidency \u2018would be a disaster,\u2019 citing the need for the union to \u2018get our members organized behind a pro-worker, pro-climate, and pro-democracy political program that can deliver for the working class.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFain criticized recent comments by the former presidential billionaire Wednesday night, reiterating he does not support Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 Republicans doubled down in their support for abortion extremist Tommy Tuberville, whose military blockade is holding up hundreds of military promotions and undermining America\u2019s readiness.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cScott <\/strong>replied that it may actually be a good thing that Tuberville is singlehandedly preventing hundreds of U.S. military posts from being filled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Under President Biden, holding up promotions is not necessarily a bad thing,\u2019 said the South Carolina Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201c2024 GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/strong> reiterated his support Saturday for Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s (R-Ala.) hold on military promotions. … Tuberville\u2019s months-long hold of more than 300 military promotions is in protest against a Pentagon policy reimbursing expenses for service members traveling across state lines for abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cFormer Vice President Pence<\/strong> backed Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s (R-Ala.) holds on senior military promotions, supporting his protest over military abortion policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018On day one, I\u2019ll direct the Department of Defense to to stop using taxpayer dollars to undermine pro-life laws in states around the country,\u2019 Pence said in a speech Friday. \u2018Sen Tommy Tuberville is right, and the Pentagon is wrong.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott, DeSantis, Haley, and Pence all doubled down on their support for banning abortion nationwide.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cThat’s what I’m sponsoring in a week. I’m thankful that Mike has joined us. He’s a good man fighting for a very similar position on a similar \u2014 on a really important issue. I think we should celebrate those of us who want to create a culture of life from sea to shining sea within this country \u2014 that requires leadership. We have to fight for that. Every single day of my presidency, I’ll be fighting to preserve life and to stop crazy states from doing immoral things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio Iowa<\/a>: \u201cOn Saturday at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition event, you said as president, you would support abortion restrictions at the state and the federal level. Would you sign the nationwide 15-week ban that the Faith and Freedom Coalition supports? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis:<\/strong> \u201cSo I’ve said from the beginning of this, as president, you put pro-life legislation on my desk, I’m going to look favorably and support the legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cAs president, I\u2019m going to welcome pro-life policies across the board at both [state and federal] levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cWe’ve also in Florida not just given lip service, but we put our money where our mouth is when it comes to promoting a culture of life. We signed the Heartbeat Protection Act in the state of Florida, the strongest protections for right to life in the modern history of the state of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cWhatever we can get 60 Senate votes on, isn\u2019t that better than what we have now? And if it\u2019s six weeks, that\u2019s great. If it\u2019s 15 weeks, that\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pence\u2019s<\/strong> agenda<\/a>: \u201cMike Pence supports using every tool available to protect our Nation\u2019s children. The fight to restore and protect the right to life did not end when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Mike Pence will work with Congress to pass a 15-week abortion ban to protect unborn children nationwide. This minimum standard is essential to ensure that the lives of unborn children are protected in every state. President Pence will also support the adoption of a constitutional amendment to enshrine the right to life in our Nation\u2019s Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy ramped up their climate denialism in an effort to out-MAGA their GOP opponents who have refused to face the reality of climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that humans are \u2018safer than ever\u2019 from the effects of climate change, less than a month after a hurricane pounded Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. \u2026 DeSantis\u2019 remarks come less than a year after Hurricane Ian \u2014 the second-deadliest storm the continental U.S. has seen in decades, after Hurricane Katrina \u2014 devastated his home state, leaving more than 100 people dead and destroying homes and businesses. Last month, Florida grappled with the fallout from another storm, Hurricane Idalia, which pummeled the state and left more than 245,000 customers without electricity as trees snapped by strong winds brought down power lines. Four people died in the hurricane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cBut asked Wednesday if he believed that fossil fuels contributed to climate change, Mr. DeSantis deflected \u2014 which he has done repeatedly, most notably on the Republican debate stage last month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201c[DeSantis\u2019s] comments Wednesday were among the most forceful to date in rejecting the scientific consensus surrounding man-made global warming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linsey Davis<\/a>: \u201cDo you believe in climate change?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy: \u201cWell, I think that with due respect, I’ve talked about this in other forums, \u2018Do you believe in climate change?\u2019 is not really a meaningful question, because climate change has existed as long as the Earth has existed. Do I believe it is a fact that global surface temperatures are rising over the course of the last century and the last half century? Yes, I think that that is an established trend\u2013\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davis: \u201cAs president, would you do anything to try to buck that trend?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy: \u201cNo is the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Speaker-in-name-only Kevin McCarthy\u2019s conference is devolving into chaos. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Sherman, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201c\ud83d\udd5b Midday: Can House Republicans govern? At this moment, House Republicans can\u2019t govern. This isn\u2019t just an opinion, at this point. It\u2019s a fact that\u2019s been borne out in the Capitol all week. House Republicans are struggling with the building blocks of governing eight months into their majority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cDeflated House Republicans leave town with no solution for government shutdown\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordain Carney, Politico<\/a>: \u201cTony Gonzales in a tele-townhall: \u2018we are on track to have a government shutdown\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Says the House isn\u2019t \u2018debating \u2026 real things\u2019 and not offering \u2018real solutions\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018None of these ideas have any chance of being taken up in the Senate and signed into law\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doesn\u2019t support CR\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Sherman, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018F\u2013king chaos\u2019 \u2026 \u2018a total sh\u2013t show\u2019 Two texts I\u2019ve gotten from inside the House Republican leadership in the last few minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Beavers, Politico<\/a>: \u201cHouse Rs telling me some members have already caught flights out of DC today\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordain Carney, Politico<\/a>: \u201cHouse vibe check:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: Do you know what your schedule is for the next few days?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay Higgins: \u2018if you find out what my schedule is will you please advise me? Because I would like to know\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cHouse descends into chaos as GOP rebels again sink key defense vote a second time this week\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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