{"id":1027901,"date":"2023-10-27T22:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1027901"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:58:47","slug":"maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-18\/","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: House Republicans anointed a new far-right speaker in MAGA Mike Johnson, who played a key role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Johnson\u2019s extreme record fighting for abortion bans, supporting cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and opposing LGBTQ+ rights raises serious questions, while Johnson has received immense praise from Donald Trump and his MAGA allies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile on the presidential trail, Trump and Vivek Ramaswamy went even further with their erratic foreign policy agendas by floating the removal of the U.S. from NATO, which would undermine America\u2019s strength on the world stage and endanger our allies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Republicans\u2019 three-week speaker-less clown show finally ended with their anointment of far-right extremist MAGA Mike Johnson, who helped Donald Trump spread election conspiracy theories and led the effort to overturn the 2020 election results.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cHouse Republican tells reporter to \u2018shut up\u2019 for asking Johnson about overturning 2020 election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cJohnson Played Leading Role in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cGOP speaker nominee Mike Johnson played a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cA relatively junior House Republican at the time, Johnson was nevertheless the leading voice in support of a fateful position: that the GOP should rally around Donald Trump and object to counting electoral votes submitted by at least a handful of states won by Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA review of the chaotic weeks between Trump\u2019s defeat at the polls on Nov. 3, 2020, and the Jan. 6 Capitol attack shows that Johnson led the way in shaping legal arguments that became gospel among GOP lawmakers who sought to derail Biden\u2019s path to the White House \u2014 even after all but the most extreme options had elapsed. As Trump\u2019s legal challenges faltered, Johnson consistently spread a singular message: It\u2019s not over yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cIn the weeks after the 2020 election, an obscure Republican lawmaker from Louisiana led a congressional effort to overturn the presidential results in four battleground states that had helped secure Joe Biden\u2019s victory over Donald Trump. \u2026 Johnson played one of the most significant roles of any member of Congress in the effort to overturn the election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Messenger<\/a>: \u201c[Johnson] then backed former President Donald Trump\u2019s false conspiracy that the election was stolen by leading a group of 126 Republican lawmakers to file an amicus brief for the Supreme Court alleging that authorities in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan \u201cusurped\u201d the state legislature\u2019s constitutional authority when they loosened voting restrictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The court later rejected Texas\u2019 complaint and dismissed all related motions, including the brief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson has an extreme MAGA record on every issue: He has supported a national abortion ban, backed cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and opposed LGBTQ+ rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cIn Congress, Mr. Johnson has voted for a national abortion ban and co-sponsored a 20-week abortion ban, earning him an A-plus rating from the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. After the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in June last year, he celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Dreams<\/a>: \u201cThe newly elected Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has previously proposed trillions of dollars in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and suggested that slashing the programs should be the top priority of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring his tenure as chair of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) between 2019 and 2021, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) helped craft budget resolutions that called for roughly $2 trillion in Medicare cuts, $3 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts, and $750 billion in Social Security Cuts, noted Bobby Kogan of the Center for American Progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201c[Johnson] also opposed legislation to mandate federal recognition for same-sex marriages \u2014 a bill that passed with strong bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cA social conservative, Johnson is a vocal opponent of gay marriage and a supporter of bans on abortion. \u2026 Johnson is known to be a Trump ally and was a staunch defender of the former president during the impeachment hearings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cNew speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex \u2026 In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality a \u2018inherently unnatural\u2019 and \u2018dangerous lifestyle\u2019 that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy \u2018the entire democratic system.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insider<\/a>: \u201cLast October, Johnson led over two dozen of his colleagues in introducing the \u2018Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill is essentially the national version of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law \u2014 dubbed \u2018Don’t Say Gay\u2019 by critics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat’s led the Human Rights Campaign to condemn the bill as the \u2018latest cruel attempt to stigmatize and marginalize the community.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cAn ABC News examination of public records, news reports and documents shows the extent to which Johnson dedicated earlier phases of his career to limiting gay rights, including same-sex marriage and health care access, and through anti-gay activism on college campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 2005, the Family Research Council, an influential right-wing lobbying group, honored Johnson for his work defending Louisiana’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson is a part of Trump\u2019s inner circle and has proven he has no problem using his power to do Trump\u2019s bidding \u2014 and he has received constant praise from Trump since becoming speaker.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressional Integrity Project<\/a>: \u201cThroughout his time in the House, Johnson has consistently supported Trump, voting in-line with the former president 93 percent of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cMAGA MIKE JOHNSON!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cGreat speech today for new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Off to a terrific start!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe think Mike Johnson is going to do really well. He\u2019s popular. He\u2019s smart. He\u2019s sharp. He\u2019s going to do fantastic. \u2026 I think he\u2019s going to be a fantastic Speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cWhy Trump is so happy about the new House speaker\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cJohnson won the gavel with the full support of the Republican conference Tuesday, including lawmakers closely aligned with Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cBut the record suggests [Johnson] is no less partisan, particularly on issues of importance to Trump, like the 2020 election and Republicans\u2019 effort to impeach President Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Gaetz<\/a>: \u201c\u2018MAGA is ascendant, and if you don\u2019t think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement, and where the power of the Republican Party truly lies, then you\u2019re not paying attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are threatening to pull the United States out of NATO, which would recklessly abandon our allies while undermining America\u2019s strength on the global stage and threatening our national security. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Plots to Pull Out of NATO \u2014 If He Doesn\u2019t Get His Way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the very least, the former president wants to put the U.S. on \u2018standby\u2019 mode \u2014 and undermine NATO\u2019s principle of collective defense\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cRamaswamy: U.S. pulling out of NATO is \u2018reasonable,\u2019 as is \u2018reevaluating\u2019 UN membership\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRamaswamy didn\u2019t detail, even after questioning, why he was amenable to a NATO withdrawal. Unsolicited, the candidate added that \u2018I am also open to reevaluating U.S. involvement in the UN\u2019 without expounding further, even after more queries on the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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