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applegrove

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Thu Aug 25, 2022, 10:22 PM Aug 2022

Biden Says GOP Has Turned Toward "Semi-Fascism' [View all]

Biden Says GOP Has Turned Toward “Semi-Fascism’

August 25, 2022 at 10:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 0 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/08/25/biden-says-gop-has-turned-toward-semi-fascism/

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“President Biden on Thursday night launched a push toward the midterm elections with a fiery speech in Rockville, Md., in which he cast the Republican Party as one that was dangerously consumed with anti-democratic forces that had turned toward semi-fascism,” the Washington Post reports.

“It was some of the strongest language used by Biden, a politician long known — and at times criticized for — his willingness to work with members of the opposite party.”

Said Biden: “The MAGA Republicans don’t just threaten our personal rights and economic security. They’re a threat to our very democracy. They refuse to accept the will of the people. They embrace — embrace — political violence. They don’t believe in democracy.”

He added: “What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something — it’s like semi-fascism.”

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I think he's wrong. It's full on fascism, no semi to it. nt Phoenix61 Aug 2022 #1
Agree..been saying the F word for a long time Deuxcents Aug 2022 #4
I'm in the Panhandle. Very pumped up here. Phoenix61 Aug 2022 #5
O..my Friend..so red up there like where I am. Deuxcents Aug 2022 #6
If true, then there will be murders soon Kaleva Aug 2022 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Aug 2022 #2
Go, Dark Brandon. I love it. Keep it up to the mid-terms, Joe. brush Aug 2022 #3
Stay on offense, Joe. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2022 #7
+1 CentralMass Aug 2022 #14
Not Toward colsohlibgal Aug 2022 #8
His use of "semi" orthoclad Aug 2022 #9
Christofascists want to install a one-party, authoritarian christian theocracy. Thomas Hurt Aug 2022 #10
What are your plans if that happens? Kaleva Aug 2022 #16
That's a false dichotomy. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #17
No it isnt Kaleva Aug 2022 #18
You offered "fit in" or "bug out". That's 2 options, but they are not the only 2. False dichotomy. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #20
What are the other viable options? Kaleva Aug 2022 #21
anti-semi-fa eShirl Aug 2022 #11
It's about time he used that "F" word! MyMission Aug 2022 #12
Good for him. Somebody has to say it, and I'm glad it's President Biden Hekate Aug 2022 #13
It's about time, I recently posted he should use the word fascism. fightforfreedom Aug 2022 #19
+1. but I think President Biden waited until it was beyond all reasonable doubt Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2022 #22
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