Biden embraces tough tone on ‘MAGA Republicans’
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President Joe Biden has stepped up his criticism of Donald Trump and the so-called MAGA Republicans for endangering democracy. He has compared the prevailing school of thought within the current GOP to "semi-fascism," Left leaning articles focus on who MAGA Republicans are while right leaning articles focus on a poll that shows Americans believe President Biden's speech will further fracture national unity.
AP News published a centrist article about how Biden's no-holds-barred approach has emboldened Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. Democrats are hoping to attract support from voters who backed Trump in the 2016 election but may not back him this time. But in his harshest rhetoric, he makes some vulnerable incumbents visibly uncomfortable. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said he didn't like the phrase "semi-fascism".
A left-leaning article from the Washington Post highlights that the MAGA Republicans are not an interest group, a political party, or an organization, and approximately 3 out of every 4 self-identified GOP respondents selected more than one label. MAGA Republicans are a sizable proportion of the Southern Republican electorate, but not the dominant one. Older Southerners were most likely to identify as "Traditional Republicans" or "America First Republicans". MAGA Republicans are less likely to believe that Donald Trump should be prosecuted for the events of Jan. 6 and they are also less likely than mainstream Republicans to believe the 2020 election was fair and accurate. The authors believe the MAGA faction may well have even more influence on the modern Republican Party than President Joe Biden suggests.
A right-leaning article from NY Post highlights a new survey showing 59% of Americans believe President Biden's speech will further fracture national unity. Nearly half of those polled said they didn't even bother to watch the speech. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that two-thirds of Americans think the US is on the wrong track.