President Biden on Monday attacked members of the GOP “MAGA” caucus in a Labor Day speech in Wisconsin, as the president hardens his sides against Republicans ahead of the midterms. “I want to be very clear up front, not every Republican is a MAGA Republican. Not every Republican embraces this extreme ideology,” Biden said at a rally in Milwaukee. “I know because I’ve been able to work with mainstream Republicans throughout my career.” Biden added: “But the extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress chose to go back, full of anger, violence, hatred and division.” BIDEN SAYS ‘MAGA DEMOCRATS’ THREAT REPUBLIC AS HE AND MAYORS PUT BACK TRUMP RHETORIC AHEAD OF MID-TERMS President Joe Biden delivers a speech attacking Republicans at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 2022. Biden echoed those sentiments in his Labor Day speech on September 5, 2022. (Alex Wong/ (Getty Images) The comments continue a theme of the president hitting harder at political opponents as the election nears and Democrats feel some campaign momentum. Biden recently accused Republicans of embracing “semi-fascism” and held a major speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, arguing that “equality and democracy are under attack” by Republicans. Biden also said Thursday that not all Republicans, “nor the majority of Republicans are MAGA Republicans.” But, he said, the GOP as a whole is “dominated, driven and horrified by Donald Trumpand the MAGA Republicans”. And the president returned to those Wisconsin attacks again Monday, with a more specific target: vulnerable Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. President Biden singled out Sen. Ron Johnson in a Labor Day speech. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) In scathing comments, Biden called Johnson one of the “MAGA Republicans, the far-right, the Trumps,” linking him to false claims by some Republicans that the 2020 election was stolen and the January 6, 2021, attack on Capitol Hill. “Extremist MAGA Republicans don’t just threaten our personal rights and economic security. They embrace political violence,” Biden said. “Senator Johnson said it was generally a peaceful protest,” Biden added on Jan. 6. “Have you seen the video of what happened that day? You heard the stories from members of both parties of Congress and the danger. Cops attacked and assaulted, speared with flagpoles, sprayed with knives, stomped on, dragged, brutalized.” Biden also attacked Johnson over a plan by National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott of Florida that would have kicked out the federal law after five years. The president said that would put programs like Medicare and Social Security at risk, and accused Johnson of wanting to “cruel” those programs. “Read the Republican campaign plan, the Senate campaign they ran this year. Senator Rick Scott of Florida heads that committee,” the president said. “They want to require Congress to vote on the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid every five years.” Biden’s criticisms come as Democrats believe the path to success in the midterm elections involves a dual emphasis on social issues, including red-state abortion laws and voter distaste for former President Donald Trump. “The MAGA forces are determined to take this country back,” Biden said in his speech Thursday, referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. “Back to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry the one you love.” Republicans, meanwhile, say rising inflation and the economy are the key midterm issues. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., attacked Democrats on a range of issues, including inflation, in a speech before Biden’s speech on Thursday. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “How many of you can afford to give up a month of your income? I bet not many,” McCarthy said during an appearance north of Philadelphia in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “But if you’ve had a steady salary for the past year, they’ve taken more than a month’s worth of income out of you.” McCarthy added: “The Democrats had total control in Washington… So let me ask you this: How did they do it?” Tyler Olson covers politics for Fox News Digital. He can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter at @TylerOlson1791.
