{"id":1049655,"date":"2024-11-01T18:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T22:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1049655"},"modified":"2024-11-01T18:48:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T22:48:02","slug":"maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-malarkey-the-extremism-you-missed-from-republicans-this-week-64\/","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 said that former Congresswoman Liz Cheney should have to face a firing squad while Vance defended Trump\u2019s attacks on the \u201cenemy from within\u201d; Trump tried to cover for his long-running plan to \u201cterminate\u201d the Affordable Care Act \u2026 while Mike Johnson confirmed the Trump-Vance ticket\u2019s Project 2025 agenda would gut these critical protections for millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions; Trump said that his rally, where a speaker called Puerto Rico \u201can island of garbage,\u201d was a \u201clovefest\u201d; and Trump \u2013 who ended Roe v. Wade<\/em> \u2013 promised to be women\u2019s protector \u201cwhether the women like it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump-Vance ticket doubled down on their dangerous, violent rhetoric \u2014 Donald Trump said that former Congresswoman Liz Cheney should have \u201cnine barrels shooting at her\u201d and guns \u201ctrained on her face\u201d\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump says \u2018war hawk\u2019 Liz Cheney should be fired upon in escalation of violent rhetoric against his opponents\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump said former Rep. Liz Cheney is a \u2018war hawk\u2019 who should be fired upon, as he raged against one of his most prominent intra-party critics while campaigning Thursday night in Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018She\u2019s a radical war hawk. Let\u2019s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK?\u2019 the former president said at a campaign event in Glendale with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. \u2018Let\u2019s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face.\u2019\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s suggestion that Cheney should face gunfire represents an escalation of the violent language he has used to target his political foes. And it comes days before an election in which the former president \u2014 who never accepted his 2020 loss \u2014 has already undermined public confidence. In recent weeks, he has also suggested a military crackdown on political opponents he has described as \u2018the enemy within.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cLiz Cheney says Trump comments were akin to death threat\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018This is how dictators destroy free nations,\u2019 Cheney, who has been a vocal critic of the former president, said Friday in a post on the social platform X. \u2018They threaten those who speak against them with death.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant,\u2019 she added.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 while JD Vance desperately defended Trump\u2019s threats against American citizens as the \u201cenemy from within.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen Welker, NBC<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump recently called his domestic political opponents, quote, \u2018the enemy from within,\u2019 and said they are more dangerous than Russia and China. Do you believe that people like Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi are more dangerous than Russia and China?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance: \u201cWell, I think what Donald Trump said is that those folks pose a greater threat to the United States\u2019 peace and security, because America is strong enough to stand up to any foreign adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker: \u201cDo you agree with him, they pose a larger threat to the United States than Russia and China?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance: \u201cWhat he said, and I do agree with this, what he said, is that the biggest threat we have in our country, it’s not a foreign adversary, because we can handle these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump <\/strong>tried to cover<\/strong><\/a> for his long-running plan to \u201cterminate\u201d the Affordable Care Act if reelected \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sahil Kapur, NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump quickly responds to Harris, saying he \u2018never even thought about\u2019 ending the ACA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(As president, Trump fought to repeal ACA via legislation, undo regulations via executive action and nuke it via SCOTUS. Last month he called ACA \u2018lousy\u2019 and said \u2018we\u2019re going to replace it.\u2019)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 and Mike Johnson said out loud what the Trump-Vance ticket has been planning all along: \u201cmassive\u201d new attacks on the Affordable Care Act and \u201cno\u201d protections for millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cHouse Speaker Mike Johnson took a dig at Obamacare during an event in Pennsylvania on Monday, telling a crowd there will be \u2018massive\u2019 health care changes in America if Donald Trump wins the election.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018No Obamacare?\u2019 one attendee asked Johnson, referring to the law Democrats passed in 2010, also known as the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018No Obamacare,\u2019 Johnson responded, rolling his eyes. \u2018The ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cThe problem with Obamacare, it\u2019s not good. We\u2019d like to terminate it.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savannah Guthrie, NBC News: \u201cIn point of fact, your administration is about to go to the Supreme Court to argue to throw out the rest of Obamacare, which includes the protections for preexisting conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cThat\u2019s right. That\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guthrie: \u201cSo your administration is in court right now, trying to get rid of that protection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cLook, look. We should be on the same side. I want it very simple. I\u2019m going to put it very simple. We would like to terminate it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump said that his MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden \u2014 where a speaker called Puerto Rico \u201can island of garbage\u201d \u2014 was a \u201clovefest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump has said his rally in New York City on Sunday was an \u2018absolute lovefest,\u2019 ignoring bipartisan calls that he personally apologise after a comedian\u2019s joke at the event caused widespread offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome members of the Puerto Rican diaspora in the US have expressed outrage at Tony Hinchliffe\u2019s routine. A number of prominent Puerto Ricans – including Trump allies – have urged the Republican candidate to publicly disavow the joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmong them was Angel Cintron, president of Puerto Rico\u2019s Republican Party, who was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying it was \u2018disgraceful, ignorant and totally reprehensible.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump \u2013 who appointed the justices that overturned <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 promised to be women\u2019s protector \u201cwhether the women like it or not.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019ll Protect Women, \u2018Like It or Not,\u2019 Evoking His History of Misogyny\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer President Donald J. Trump said at a rally on Wednesday that he would protect American women \u2018whether the women like it or not\u2019 \u2014 remarks that he cast as paternal but only served as reminders to many of his critics of his history of misogynistic statements and a civil court case that found him liable for sexual abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpeaking near Green Bay, Wis., Mr. Trump told the crowd that his advisers had urged him to stop using a well-worn rally line about his desire to protect women, saying they had called it \u2018inappropriate.\u2019 In recent months, Mr. Trump has boasted on social media and in his speeches that he would protect women in America by making their communities safer and by making sure they won\u2019t \u2018be thinking about abortion,\u2019 as he faces increasing backlash for appointing three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Wednesday, he delivered similar remarks but added a new twist as he described onstage what he had told his advisers: \u2018I said, well, I\u2019m going to do it whether the women like it or not. I am going to protect them.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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