{"id":1036183,"date":"2024-06-21T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1036183"},"modified":"2024-06-21T20:43:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:43:01","slug":"maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-49\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdWj42dMAPvzbcnZTZ08ByLRr-XDpJA16tws_nhwESF9rq-pd9MAYc9gXAeMCa5eh1Bwgx5jKWR6oidN1s7_nimzrfiyR7KopkD7b9-8nOMB6UMVbXkOHtungvUDWRDgJtPW0D6y1kh3Zwgf6EfTfbeFmk?key=G_FgwwFfJ-a2tTotFXE6yg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s extreme tariff plan would crush hardworking, middle-class Americans; Trump continued his disastrous outreach to Black voters; Trump ally Roger Stone plans to challenge the results of November\u2019s election if Trump loses; one of Trump\u2019s VP contenders railed against commonsense gun safety efforts to ban bump stocks; Trump\u2019s Project 2025 allies once again went after Social Security; Trump met with his MAGA minions in the House at Mar-a-Lago; and Trump was avoiding staying in Milwaukee during the RNC convention until he was confronted on his plans.; and one of Trump\u2019s MAGA minions called Juneteenth a \u201cratchet\u201d holiday and told Black people to leave the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump continued to push his disastrous tariff plan, which would raise costs for working families while cutting taxes for his ultra-wealthy friends.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-06-17\/trump-s-promised-tariffs-will-push-up-costs-for-american-households\">Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s Planned Tariffs Would Tax US Households, Economists Warn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA recent report from the Peterson Institute for International Economics pegged the annual cost for the average middle-income family at $1,700, likening it to a sales tax. The Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank, crunched the numbers on the minimum 10% tariff and came up with about $1,500 per household per year, including a $90 increase in the cost of food, $90 for prescription drugs and $220 for autos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/trumps-tariff-is-a-scheme-to-shift-tax-burden-to-non-rich.html\">New York Magazine<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s Tariff Is a Scheme to Shift the Tax Burden to the Non-Rich\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tariffs-proposal-10-percent-1700-cost-per-us-household\/\">CBS News<\/a>: \u201cTrump is proposing a 10% tariff. Economists say that amounts to a $1,700 tax on Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-last-word\/watch\/lawrence-donald-trump-is-proposing-the-worst-economic-policy-in-u-s-history-213320261579\">MSNBC<\/a>: \u201cLawrence: Donald Trump is proposing the \u2018worst economic policy in U.S. history\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump spewed more racist rhetoric during his latest attempt at outreach to Black voters, making a pitiful pitch to a (mostly white) audience at a Black church in Detroit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theroot.com\/a-disaster-trump-went-to-a-detroit-church-to-get-black-1851545144\">The Root<\/a>: \u201cA Disaster! Trump Went To A Detroit Church To Get Black Votes, But All He Did Was Put His Foot In Mouth\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump conducted a roundtable meeting at 180 Church in Detroit on Saturday. Despite it being a Black institution, at least half of the attendees were white. In addition, Trump perpetuated dangerous stereotypes about the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018Look, the crime is most rampant right here and in African American communities,\u2019 Trump said. \u2018More people see me and they say, \u2018Sir, we want protection. We want police to protect us. We don\u2019t want to get robbed and mugged and beat up or killed because we want to walk across the street to buy a loaf of bread.\u2019 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump stated that Black people are \u2018being hurt\u2019 by illegal immigrants and that \u2018They\u2019re invading your jobs.\u2019 In addition to the lack of Black people at the church, there appeared to not really be a lot of people in attendance at all. Trump advocate Kellyanne Conway stated there were over 8,000 participants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/white-crowds-fill-the-pews-for-trumps-visit-to-black-church-in-detroit\">Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cWhite Crowds Fill the Pews for Trump\u2019s Visit to Black Church\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump visited Detroit on Saturday, a city he once called a \u2018living hell,\u2019 and staged a surprise \u2018roundtable\u2019 at 180 Church, a predominately Black congregation on the city\u2019s outskirts. While the event was ostensibly about issues facing Black voters, and some Black pro-Trump personalities like Peezy and Icewear Vezzo showed up, social media lit up at footage showing the pews packed with white crowds. \u2018It\u2019s all lies, smoke, and mirrors,\u2019 Jeff Timmer, a senior adviser for the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, wrote on X.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump MAGA ally Roger Stone was caught describing plans to challenge the results of November\u2019s election if Trump loses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/roger-stone-secret-audio-trump-2024_n_6672b1c2e4b069d92e23c8e0?d_id=7800074&amp;ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000016&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=us_politics\">HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cRoger Stone Spells Out Trump&#8217;s Plans To Challenge 2024 Loss In Secretly Recorded Audio\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLongtime GOP operative and Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone was caught on tape detailing the steps that Republicans are taking in order to successfully challenge the 2024 election result should the former president lose to President Joe Biden again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/roger-stone-plan-trump-win-lawyers-judges-technology-1235041650\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>:<strong> <\/strong>\u201cStone \u2014 a self-described \u2018dirty trickster\u2019 \u2014 was a critical figure in the 2020 \u201cStop the Steal\u201d movement\u2026 Last year, a video obtained by MSNBC showed Stone explaining plans to undermine the Electoral College days before President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, as several states continued to count votes. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe efforts to replace votes in the Electoral College and undermine the certification of the election culminated in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. On the day of the attempted insurrection, Stone was spotted in Washington, D.C., with a contingent of Oath Keepers acting as a personal security detail. Several members of the group were later convicted of seditious conspiracy against the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump VP contender J.D. Vance called gun violence \u201cfake problems\u201d and said efforts to address it were a \u201chuge distraction\u201d \u2014 all while dismissing the impact a bump stock ban would have had on the Las Vegas shooting in 2017, which involved a bump stock. <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4726649-democrats-bump-stock-ban-senate\/\">The Hill<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I think it\u2019s a huge distraction,\u2019 said Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who is believed to be on Trump\u2019s shortlist to be his running mate. \u2018This is week three of Chuck Schumer focusing on fake problems instead of real problems.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/sen-jacky-rosen-erupts-sen-jd-vances-bump-stock-comments-rcna157646\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I think that we have to ask ourselves: What is the real gun violence problem in this country, and are we legislating in a way that solves fake problems? Or solves real problems?\u2019 Vance told reporters. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVance also said he was concerned the bill could \u2018end up just inhibiting the rights of law-abiding Americans.\u2019 Pressed about the 58 people who were killed in a mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017, he said: \u2018The question is: How many people would have been shot alternatively? And you have to ask yourself the question: Will anyone actually not choose a bump stock because Chuck Schumer passes a piece of legislation?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump-aligned Project 2025 called to raise the Social Security retirement age and rip away hard-earned benefits from millions of Americans.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/social-security\/commentary\/should-the-social-security-retirement-age-be-raised-yes\">Heritage Foundation<\/a>: \u201cShould the Social Security Retirement Age Be Raised? Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/social-security-new-proposal-raising-retirement-age-1914856\">Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cSocial Security Could Be Upended Under New Proposal\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA conservative think tank has called for raising the U.S. retirement age to 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRachel Greszler, senior research fellow at the Roe Institute, wrote in an article for the right-wing Heritage Foundation that the normal eligibility age for collecting Social Security retirement benefits should be raised to 70 to help address the impending funding cliff faced by the Social Security Administration (SSA).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump continues to coordinate with his extremist allies on a MAGA blueprint for 2025 \u2014 this week meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/11\/johnson-trump-mar-a-lago\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) are slated to meet with former President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort on June 17.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/05\/29\/2024\/speaker-mike-johnson-promises-a-republican-mega-bill-that-would-define-donald-trumps-second-term\">Semafor<\/a>: \u201cSpeaker Mike Johnson promises a Republican mega-bill that would define Donald Trump\u2019s second term\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpeaker Mike Johnson is preparing Republicans for quick, large-scale action if they win unified control of government in November, telling Semafor he\u2019ll pursue a far-reaching bill aimed at addressing a wide range of issues at once. Johnson said he\u2019s been in frequent communication with Donald Trump, discussing the potential for a legacy-defining legislative package early in his presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/22\/trump-steve-scales-house-conservatives-2025-agenda\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cHouse Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has been discussing 2025 plans with former President Trump and House conservatives to tackle GOP priorities \u2026 The Louisiana Republican huddled with the Republican Study Committee \u2014 the largest conservative caucus in Congress \u2014 on Wednesday to discuss strategy for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/26\/trump-2024-fec-00154727\">Politico<\/a>: \u201c&#8230;the Trump campaign sent a letter to pro-Trump, external organizations asking them to attend an \u2018entirely off-the-record, private,\u2019 and \u2018invite-only\u2019 meeting with senior campaign officials, according to a copy of the letter obtained by POLITICO. The sit-down, which the letter describes as a \u2018meeting of the political minds,\u2019 is aimed at discussing \u2018collaborat[ion]\u2019 and \u2018priorities and plans\u2019 for the general election. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy holding the meeting, the Trump operation and the third-party entities could conceivably get on the same page about their plans. Two people familiar with the planning for the event said Heritage Action and Turning Point Action were among the pro-Trump groups invited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New reporting uncovered how Trump was not even planning to stay in Milwaukee \u2014 the city he called \u201chorrible\u201d \u2014 for the GOP convention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-milwaukee-rnc.html\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Wasn\u2019t Going to Stay in Milwaukee. Then Reporters Asked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen Republicans gather in Milwaukee next month to nominate him for president, Donald J. Trump planned to stay not in the convention\u2019s host city but at a Trump hotel in Chicago, some 90 miles away, according to three people briefed on the former president\u2019s logistics. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. Trump has been on the defensive about his views on Milwaukee since news outlets reported last week that he had called it a \u2018horrible\u2019 city in a private meeting with House Republicans in Washington. The change in his convention plans avoids a perceived slight to the largest city in Wisconsin, a vital battleground state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and \u2014 as President Biden would call it \u2014 malarkey. 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