- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
President Joe Biden is arguing that āthere is something dangerous happening in Americaā as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the countryās democratic institutions.
āThere is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy. The MAGA movement,ā Biden says in excerpts of the speech Thursday in Arizona, released in advance by the White House, referring Trumpās Make America Great Again slogan.
Although voting in the 2024 Republican primary doesnāt begin for months, Bidenās focus reflects Trumpās status as the undisputed frontrunner for his partyās nomination despite facing four indictments, two of them related to his attempts to overturn Bidenās victory in the 2020 election.
"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.āāDavid Frum, Republican speech writer under W. Bush
This was not a warning. It was a threat.
It was a warning. Frum is and always has been a staunch never-Trumper. Heās still a conservative, but he was never on board with Trump and to his credit has been pretty vocal in his opposition.
Oh my god, it was a republican that said that? That makes that line scarier, because that means was probably said with the idea that abandoning democracy is a good thing.