Joe Biden

President Joe Biden finally called Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans what they are: extremists. It's something the country needed to hear.

How about 'quiet dieting'?](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/08/24/quiet-quitting-tiktok-employee-burnout-workplace-buzzword-huppke/7877105001/) Here's how.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/08/29/teacher-shortage-lgbt-critical-race-theory-groomer/7890604001/) [Quiet quitting is all the rage. [If the GOP is ready to rebrand, here are my ideas for a post-MAGA party](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/09/01/donald-trump-maga-rebrand-huppke/7946078001/). Because if you’re a MAGA Republican, you do have to love Donald Trump. They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies.” “I want to be very clear," the president said. But never have Americans heard this tough love delivered so clearly and so directly from someone as powerful as the U.S. It’s not normal to demonize any government institution or official – from the Department of Justice to the FBI to a certain vice president – who doesn’t kowtow to one leader’s demands. The election denialism, the outlandish-to-the-point-of-being-embarrassing conspiracy theories, the rise of weird weekend MAGA warriors training as if their militia might take on the U.S. is fatal to democracy.” It’s not normal to incite an attack on the U.S. It’s not normal to deny the results of a free and fair election.

President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall. In his recent speech, Joe Biden criticized MAGA Republicans in unsparing terms.Photograph by Evan Vucci / ...

[history](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vitalstats_ch2_tbl4.pdf) and [most of the evidence](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/), to turn the midterm election, once again, into a referendum on Trump, and, in so doing, to save their control over the Senate and maybe even the House. How telling it is that, when the President of the United States today speaks of threats to the nation, he is warning not about adversaries abroad but the danger within. Arriving in Moscow a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union, I often heard Russians I interviewed complaining about the upending of their world, with the attendant economic and social collapse, in ways that were strikingly similar to the complaints of many Americans today. The country is clearly in for another period of electioneering in which playing to the fears of one’s supporters will be just about all that matters. “Too much of what is happening today in our country is not normal,” Biden said, early in his speech, a statement that was both correct and wildly understated. Wade](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/when-the-supreme-court-takes-away-a-long-held-constitutional-right), will be enough to overcome the odds in November. “It depicts the president of our nation, as he took to the airwaves and spoke about his fellow citizens as if they were sewer rats.” Rick Scott, the Republican Senate campaign chief, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/ScottforFlorida/status/1565521139778084867) the photo and dismissed Biden as a “raving lunatic” who “attacked half the country tonight.” [Mike Huckabee](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/06/28/prodigal-son), the former governor of Arkansas, [called it](https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1565494783442915330) a “hate speech.” Over on Fox News, [Tucker Carlson](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/tucker-carlsons-fighting-words) was very, very angry about the “blood-red Nazi background” and the Marine honor guard in front of Independence Hall, a setting that he termed a “complete outrage.” Even before Biden spoke, [Kevin McCarthy](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/its-not-news-that-mcconnell-and-mccarthy-are-craven-patsies-for-trump-but-the-danger-has-grown)—the House Minority Leader, whose slavish devotion earned him the sobriquet “my Kevin” from Trump—gave a [prebuttal](https://www.c-span.org/video/?522592-1/republican-leader-mccarthy-pres-biden-apologize-slandering-tens-millions-americans-fascists&live=), in which he said that the President should “apologize for slandering tens of millions of Americans as fascists.” Storming the Capitol and defying the will of the voters in 2020 was totally fine. [the ominous setting](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/01/biden-speech-philadelphia-extremist-republicans-threaten-democracy)—the front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall at night, with dramatic red floodlights as the backdrop for the President while he spoke in dire terms about the possibility of political violence from the Trumpists who still refuse to concede Trump’s 2020 defeat, and who celebrate the violent mob that stormed the Capitol in hopes of overturning it. The current President may not have mentioned his predecessor’s name much, but Biden’s speech, as is the case with the rest of his Presidency, was all about standing against Trump and the unique threat to American democracy that he and his “Make America Great Again” supporters pose. In the inverted logic of Trumpworld, theirs is the grievance that matters. Vance](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/what-j-d-vances-victory-in-the-ohio-republican-primary-means-for-trumpism), the Trump-backed Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1565506626660048896).

Former President Donald Trump on Friday accused President Biden of suffering from dementia after the man who defeated him in 2020 characterized the ...

Capitol by a pro- [Trump](/topics/donald-trump/) mob. [Trump](/topics/donald-trump/) has flirted with launching a 2024 presidential bid earlier than usual to try and combat the unflattering headlines around [his](/topics/donald-trump/) legal jeopardy and actions before the Jan. “ [He](/topics/donald-trump/) must be insane, or suffering from late-stage dementia!” “I will not let the will of the American people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless, evidence-free claims of fraud. “Someone should explain to Joe Biden, slowly but passionately, that MAGA means, as powerfully as mere words can get, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! In a prime-time speech from Philadelphia, Mr.

Former President Donald Trump bizarrely claimed that President Joe Biden's forceful rebuke of "MAGA Republicans" on Thursday was a threat to use military ...

"Joe Biden essentially declared all those who oppose him and his agenda enemies of the republic. He isn't actually interested in restoring the soul of the nation, he's only interested pitting his fellow Americans against one another." They do not recognize the will of the people," he said. "But Joe Biden crossed into a very dangerous, very dangerous place. That is not leadership," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., gave a prebuttal speech on Thursday and argued that it was actually Biden who was waging an "assault on democracy." 6 committee also found evidence that Trump sought to use the Defense Department to ["seize" voting machines](https://www.salon.com/2022/01/22/jan-6-committee-obtains-executive-order-draft-that-called-for-voting-machines-to-be-seized_partner/) while contesting his 2020 election loss, though he ultimately did not follow through with the plot. "MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. And that is a threat to this country." "But there's no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. [threatening to use military force](https://www.salon.com/2020/05/29/trump-threatens-to-turn-the-military-on-protestors-when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts_partner/) against racial justice protesters across the country in 2020. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology,"

'We are still, at our core, a democracy, and yet history tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is ...

We have to defend it, protect it, stand up for it, each and every one of us.” Biden has long prided himself as a Democrat with nearly half a century of political experience on being able to work with Republicans. It is splintering under the angry forces opposed to the Department of Justice investigation into “For a long time, we told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. That American soul was under attack when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building on Jan. That was a measured response compared to Georgia Rep. “I believe America is at an inflection point. “Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of those very same Trump loyalists — the ones Biden said “dominated” and “intimidated” the Republican party of old and were now “a threat to this country.” “Joe Biden just declared every MAGA Republican an Enemy of the State,” she declared on social media, posting a link for supporters to buy custom-made “Enemy of the State” hats and shirts. The term is one that came to Biden in 2017 in the wake of the racist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., when a driver mowed down counterprotesters, killing one. It was dubbed the “Soul of the Nation” speech even before Biden and his wife, Jill, strolled out the doors of Independence Hall and down a red carpet to the podium.

Republicans complained that Biden was being "divisive" after spending years painting him as an illegitimately elected president.

They griped, for example, that Biden didn’t call for [“unity”](https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1565507517190397952) [with](https://twitter.com/RepPatFallon/status/1565501546791665668) Republicans, even though a large swath of the party still doesn't accept him as a legitimate president. [whatever that means](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1565467434521399298) — Biden’s assessment of the GOP’s MAGA wing and those who have enabled it is accurate. [claimed](https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany/status/1565497300109107203) that Biden had given the “most divisive presidential speech” she’d ever seen. [conservative complaints](https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1565506626660048896); evidently, viewers were [“shocked”](https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-shocks-viewers-hellish-red-background-polarizing-speech) by the color red, according to Fox. They also called him [“cynical”](https://www.foxnews.com/media/sen-kennedy-blasts-biden-politician-cynical-speech-age-does-not-guarantee-wisdom) for speaking out against a group of people who have spent the last six years cozying up to someone who appears to be [flagrantly corrupt demagogue](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/donald-trump-criminal-investigations-lawsuits-guide-complete-list). Not only did they fail to receive the apology Kevin McCarthy [demanded](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speech-biden/index.html) of Biden for labeling MAGA ideology as [“semi-fascism"](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/biden-condemns-gop-semi-fascism) last week; they endured yet another round of criticism from the president, who warned that Trump and his followers “represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.” Hell, one need only look to Pennsylvania, where Biden spoke, to see the right’s [hostility to democracy](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-republican-primary-democracy); Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor there, is essentially running on a platform that regards the will of the voters irrelevant to his own political desires. But democracy endures only if we, the people, respect the guardrails of the republic.” There was a dash of politics in Biden's address, of course, as he rattled off a few items on his administration’s impressive list of achievements. We have to defend it, protect it, stand up for it — each and every one of us,” Biden said Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. To build the future or obsess about the past? The GOP — which spent years in a state of rapture as Donald Trump tarred journalists and political opponents as “For a long time, we’ve told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed, but it’s not.

Biden aimed to showcase his faith in the military apparatus and its ability to back the democratic order. President Biden During Primetime Speech Outside ...

In 2020, [more than half of the military’s officer corps](https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/31/as-trumps-popularity-slips-in-latest-military-times-poll-more-troops-say-theyll-vote-for-biden/) said they strongly disapproved of the president, a phenomenon [likely explained](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mark-esper-s-book-says-he-thwarted-trump-s-hope-n1295062) by military officers’ attachment to legal norms and propriety, and their [relatively high levels of education](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/11/10/the-military-doesnt-love-trump-back-this-is-why/) (one of the most common predictors of opposition to Trump). Both Trump and now Biden have played with the symbolism of the military’s relationship with democracy in political oratory, but toward radically different ends: Trump wished to use the military to subvert democracy, while Biden hopes that the military will help protect it. The military's allegiance is to the state, not to a political party or leader. By placing Marines in his periphery, Biden aimed to showcase his faith in the military apparatus and its ability to back the democratic order — to defend against future attacks on the electoral system. [shoot protesters in the legs](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-wished-his-military-officials-were-more-german-generals-nazi-n1297784), and they [covertly maneuvered](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-wished-his-military-officials-were-more-german-generals-nazi-n1297784) to ensure a peaceful transfer of power as Trump manufactured lies about election fraud. Biden focused in his remarks on identifying Trump and his most hardcore supporters as a danger to the republic, with their disregard for democratic rule and their propensity for political violence. Milley,](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/i-should-not-have-been-there-milley-apologizes-role-trump-n1229876) the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a now infamous photo-op during which the then-president [floated the idea of flooding the streets with troops](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/1/21277530/trump-speech-police-violence-dc-tear-gas) to put down antiracist protests. It was an answer to Trump's attempts to thwart a peaceful transfer of power and mobilize the military against democracy during his tenure. [claimed](https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1565496320672108548) that the Marines, combined with a nearby Marine band that played as Biden took the stage, marked “a break with White House traditions.” That claim was rebutted by [many](https://twitter.com/AdamBlickstein/status/1565509690707959810) [critics](https://twitter.com/timjhogan/status/1565521913425928193), who pointed out that several previous presidents have used the presence of troops as part of their backdrop during notable speeches. So it’s worth contending with why the administration chose to have Marines so prominently displayed. And it was intentional — stagecraft is a major part of political oratory. But some political observers noticed something unusual: two Marines flanking him in the background as he spoke.

Un référendum sur Donald Trump et ses idées « extrémistes », plutôt qu'un scrutin sur Joe Biden et ses défauts : voilà comment le président américain ...

« Si Biden fait tout tourner autour de Trump […] cela peut se retourner contre lui et encourager cet électorat à voter » républicain, prévient la professeure d’affaires publiques et internationales. « Les gens qui ont voté pour Donald Trump et qui le soutiennent aujourd’hui, ils n’ont pas voté pour attaquer le Capitole. Les représentants de la droite radicale « se nourrissent du chaos. Ils n’ont pas voté pour renverser l’élection ». Le démocrate de 79 ans, toujours impopulaire malgré des sondages en hausse, répète souvent : « Ne me comparez pas à Dieu tout-puissant, comparez-moi à l’alternative ». À Philadelphie, il a clamé : « Donald Trump et les “républicains MAGA” ( » Make America Great Again «, le slogan emblématique du milliardaire) représentent un extrémisme qui menace les fondations mêmes de notre République ».

Un référendum sur Donald Trump et ses idées «extrémistes», plutôt qu'un scrutin sur Joe Biden et ses défauts.

«Si Biden fait tout tourner autour de Trump (...) cela peut se retourner contre lui et encourager cet électorat à voter» républicain, prévient la professeure d’affaires publiques et internationales. «Les gens qui ont voté pour Donald Trump et qui le soutiennent aujourd’hui, ils n’ont pas voté pour attaquer le Capitole. Ils ne vivent pas dans la lumière de la vérité, mais à l’ombre des mensonges». Ils n’ont pas voté pour renverser l’élection». Le démocrate de 79 ans, toujours impopulaire malgré des sondages en hausse, répète souvent: «Ne me comparez pas à Dieu tout-puissant, comparez-moi à l’alternative». Les représentants de la droite radicale «se nourrissent du chaos.

Joe Biden, dans une rare attaque directe de son prédécesseur républicain, a dénoncé jeudi l'« extrémisme de Donald Trump et de ses partisans, ...

Quand pendant son discours, un groupe d’opposants réunis à proximité ont lancé en choeur « Fuck Joe Biden », il a rétorqué : « Ils ont le droit de s’indigner. Les représentants de la droite radicale « applaudissent la colère. Et donc de la suite de son mandat. Joe Biden a parlé au pied de l’« Independence Hall », où furent adoptées la Déclaration d’indépendance et la Constitution américaine. Ils ne croient pas à l’État de droit. L’ancien président et ceux qui souscrivent à son idéologie « Make America Great Again », « ne respectent pas la Constitution.

Le président des Etats-Unis a pris pour cible, jeudi, lors d'un discours à Philadelphie, les « républicains MAGA », soutiens de son prédécesseur, ...

En arrière, vers une Amérique sans le droit de choisir, sans le droit à la vie privée, sans le droit à la contraception, sans le droit de se marier avec la personne que vous aimez. Mais Joe Biden veut y ajouter une dimension référendaire : pour ou contre Donald Trump, qui se trouve dans la tourmente judiciaire depuis la perquisition à son domicile de Mar-a-Lago (Floride), le 8 août. Malgré sa popularité vacillante, il a choisi de se placer à la tête de l’offensive contre la base républicaine acquise à Trump et aux théories conspirationnistes. Dans son discours inaugural, le 20 janvier 2021, Joe Biden évoquait déjà la fragilité de la démocratie américaine et la nécessité d’agir pour « restaurer l’âme et assurer le futur de l’Amérique ». « Ils vivent non pas dans la lumière de la vérité, mais dans l’ombre des mensonges », a déclaré le président américain. Cinglant et optimiste, lucide et idéaliste : Joe Biden a tenu un discours offensif, jeudi 1er septembre, à Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie), pour appeler ses compatriotes, au-delà de leurs différences, à défendre la démocratie américaine.

Un référendum sur Donald Trump et ses idées «extrémistes», plutôt qu'un scrutin sur Joe Biden et ses défauts.

«Si Biden fait tout tourner autour de Trump (...) cela peut se retourner contre lui et encourager cet électorat à voter» républicain, prévient la professeure d’affaires publiques et internationales. «Les gens qui ont voté pour Donald Trump et qui le soutiennent aujourd’hui, ils n’ont pas voté pour attaquer le Capitole. Ils ne vivent pas dans la lumière de la vérité, mais à l’ombre des mensonges». Ils n’ont pas voté pour renverser l’élection». Le démocrate de 79 ans, toujours impopulaire malgré des sondages en hausse, répète souvent: «Ne me comparez pas à Dieu tout-puissant, comparez-moi à l’alternative». Les représentants de la droite radicale «se nourrissent du chaos.

Écoutez la chronique que la politicologue Valérie Beaudoin qui parle de la perquisition à la résidence de Donald Trump et de la sortie de Joe Biden.

Un référendum sur Donald Trump et ses idées «extrémistes», plutôt qu'un scrutin sur Joe Biden et ses défauts: voilà comment le président américain voudrait ...

«Si Biden fait tout tourner autour de Trump (...) cela peut se retourner contre lui et encourager cet électorat à voter» républicain, prévient la professeure d’affaires publiques et internationales. «Les gens qui ont voté pour Donald Trump et qui le soutiennent aujourd’hui, ils n’ont pas voté pour attaquer le Capitole. Ils ne vivent pas dans la lumière de la vérité, mais à l’ombre des mensonges». Le démocrate de 79 ans, toujours impopulaire malgré des sondages en hausse, répète souvent: «Ne me comparez pas à Dieu tout-puissant, comparez-moi à l’alternative». Si on leur demande s’ils le soutiennent face à M. Ils n’ont pas voté pour renverser l’élection».

Joe Biden told us last night that American democracy is under attack. He did so in plain language and left no doubt about either the dire nature, or the source, ...

Les «mèmes» prennent la forme d'une image, fixe ou animée, accompagnée d'une citation souvent humoristique, et sont largement diffusés sur les réseaux ...