The great uniter is running scared!
Biden calls 'MAGA' loyalists 'most extreme political organization' in recent US history
by ALEC SCHEMMEL | The National Desk
Wednesday, May 4th 2022
President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Alabama to visit a Lockheed Martin plant, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (TND) — During his response to a question from a reporter about the recent Supreme Court leak, President Joe Biden called the “MAGA crowd” of ardent Trump supporters “the most extreme political organization” to exist in recent U.S. history.
The president held a news conference to promote his work on the economy ahead of a speech to hundreds of Olympic athletes invited to the White House on Wednesday.
After Biden’s prepared remarks on the economy, during which he touted his disputed success lowering the deficit, the president was immediately asked about his thoughts on the Roe v. Wade leak.
Biden began his response opining about how abortion is a natural right. He then theorized the uprooting of Roe v. Wade could have such far-reaching effects that it could potentially lead to LGBT children being segregated in schools.
What happens if you have states change the law saying that children who are LGBTQ can’t be in classrooms with other children? Is that legit, under the way the decision’s written?” Biden asked rhetorically during his response, referencing the leaked preliminary opinion on Roe v. Wade that ruled to overturn the decades-old ruling legalizing abortion federally. “What are the next things that are going to be attacked, because this MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history – recent American history.
Biden insults tens of millions of Americans,” tweeted the Republican National Committee.
On Tuesday, after confirming the authenticity of the leaked opinion, Biden said he feared an overturning of Roe v. Wade could throw other Supreme Court decisions about Americans' private life, like those on same-sex marriage and contraceptives, into question.
It basically says all the decisions related to your private life — who you marry, whether or not you decide to conceive a child or not, whether or not you can have an abortion — a range of other decisions, whether or how you raise your child — what does this do?” Biden said of the leaked draft ruling according to White House transcripts. Does this mean that in Florida they can decide they’re going to pass a law saying that same-sex marriage is not permissible? That it’s against the law in Florida?" Biden continued The New York Post reported Biden failed to condemn the unprecedented Supreme Court leak when asked if there was a chance it would cause any irreparable damage to the way the Court operates moving forward.
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