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President Biden’s Thursday divisive speech denouncing “MAGA Republicans” is used by multiple factions of the Democratic Party to back the same Republicans by interfering in Republican primaries across the country. It was a sudden shift from strategy.
Despite Biden’s recent rhetoric, multiple Democratic campaign groups have spent more than $46 million to back candidates who support former President Donald Trump in several primaries.
In his speech, Biden referred to Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again,” and said, “The MAGA forces are determined to take this country back.” “Go back to America where you have no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry the person you love.”
“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” he later added. They do not recognize the will of the people, they refuse to accept the results of free elections.”
Biden says “Maga Republicans” threaten democracy.
Just last month, Democrats were celebrating major wins for Trump-backed candidates, including Republican candidate John Gibbs, who represents Michigan’s third congressional district.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spent $425,000 on advertising to back Gibbs. Specifically, it ran an ad highlighting his conservative credentials.
In July, the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) launched a campaign to back Trump-backed Republican candidate for governor of Maryland Dan Cox in the primary against former state senator Kelly Schultz, who was endorsed by outgoing Republican governor Larry Hogan. in 2012, we placed close to $2 million in advertising.
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Three weeks before Cox’s victory, Trump-backed Illinois Republican Senator Darren Bailey won his party’s gubernatorial primary, backed by the DGA and incumbent Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker. spent a combined $35 million Backing Bailey over the moderate Republican mayor of Aurora, Illinois, Richard Irvin.
In May, Trump-backed Pennsylvania Senator Doug Mastriano won the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary. $840,000+ advertising spend It is run by the campaign of his current opponent, current Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
Other attempts by Democrats to interfere in the Republican primary to support the “MAGA” Republican Party have not been entirely successful.
In June, the Democratic-leaning super PAC, the Colorado Democratic Party, spent at least $4.5 million in Colorado’s Republican Senate primary to replace an outspoken Trump supporter, veteran and state legislator Ron Hanks. backed up.
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Hanks ultimately lost the race to moderate Republican Joe O’Dea, owner of Concrete Express, a Denver-based construction company.
Despite Biden’s speech, the latest attempt by Democrats to interfere in the Republican primary is underway. He reportedly spent $94,000 to back Trump-backed New Hampshire congressional candidate Bob Burns, whose PAC in a new party called the Democratic Saab is running against Keene, New Hampshire. Mayor George Hensel.
Another Democratic-backed group, the Senate Majority PAC, also spend at least $3.5 million He’s trying to smack moderate Republican state legislator Chuck Morse and back conservative ex-army general Don Bolduc.
The reporter told White House press secretary Carine Jean-Pierre at a news conference on Thursday that Biden has taken some Republican threats to democracy while groups of Democrats are backing the Trump-supported candidate. I asked him if it was “hypocritical” to call him.
“That means you can’t talk about the campaign or what another candidate or committee is doing,” Jean-Pierre replied. “I can’t talk about it from here. Look, I can say this. The president has always been clear. There will be people who will oppose his programs and legislative priorities. That’s what democracy is all about.As we all know,but people accept elections and move forward as a country, right? In fact, people openly talking about overturning future elections.”
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The New Hampshire primary will be held on Tuesday, September 13th.
Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.