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Biden is targeting Trump's 'extremist movement' as he makes democracy a touchtone in reelection bid (apnews.com)

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President Joe Biden is arguing that “there is something dangerous happening in America” as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country’s democratic institutions.

“There is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy. The MAGA movement,” Biden says in excerpts of the speech Thursday in Arizona, released in advance by the White House, referring Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan.

Although voting in the 2024 Republican primary doesn’t begin for months, Biden’s focus reflects Trump’s status as the undisputed frontrunner for his party’s nomination despite facing four indictments, two of them related to his attempts to overturn Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think this guy sucks, but he's not wrong here. I'll vote for him again because as shitty as he is, he's not going to completely destroy our country and/or destabilize the entire world.

If Trump is elected, that guy is going to hand Ukraine to Putin, and sever ties between the US and the majority of our allies in Europe.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If Biden wants to fight extremism he could maybe make the alphabets do something about all the domestic terror threats.

Maybe by admitting it's domestic terrorism to threaten to murder your milquetoast political opponents.

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Damn I'm so trained by the talking points. When you said alphabets I thought you meant gay people. Like what am I supposed to do? 🤣

[-] bronzle@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

It’s ok, for a second I thought they meant Google

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

💀 lmao

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