Pres. Joe Biden Decides to Stop Working With Republicans Despite Promising He Would, Plans to Go on Attacking Donald Trump's Party
President Joe Biden has reportedly decided to stop working with Republicans and instead change course to "attack" the party of former President Donald Trump.
According to Daily Mail, Biden has been frustrated with the Republicans for months, including not working with him to combat inflation.
A Politico report on Tuesday said Biden's efforts for government unity "have finally taken a backseat" as there was not a single moment that sparked the change of course.
Biden has reportedly been trying hard for bipartisanship, so much that Democrats have been annoyed. The outlet noted that the president has steadfastly spent more than a year "insisting on trying to work across the aisle with Republicans."
Although Biden's efforts "produced some notable legislative successes," Politico reported that they had also been "colored by a fair dose of in-your-face GOP obstructionism."
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Joe Biden Gives up Working With the Republicans and Attacks Donald Trump's Party Instead
After more than a year, Politico noted that the president no longer believes that most Republicans will eventually drop their loyalty to Donald Trump and show a willingness to engage.
Biden has already admitted he was wrong, saying Republicans have revealed themselves to be too "MAGA" or "ultra-MAGA," a term he made to bash Trump's allies.
"I never expected the ultra-MAGA Republicans who seem to control the Republican Party now to have been able to control the Republican Party... I never anticipated that happening," Biden said last week.
Four White House officials and Democrats close to the White House told Politico that the admission was long overdue, adding that even some in Biden's inner circle had been urging a far more aggressive response.
Fox News reported that the president's communications team members, including former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, have already pressed Biden to take a more aggressive stance.
Even First Lady Jill Biden also told confidants that she had urged her husband to get away from the bipartisanship and go on the offensive.
According to Politico, Biden recently claimed that he no longer recognizes the Republican Party, which he now "views as an existential threat to the nation's democracy."
Critics, who took to Twitter to react to Politico's article, wondered when the president had ever put any effort into being bipartisan.
GOP's communications specialist Matt Whitlock wrote that he's "fascinated by the idea that there was ever any real effort at bipartisanship" from Joe Biden.
Whitlock tweeted: "Legislatively they've almost exclusively focused on what they could pass on a party-line basis (ARP, Build Back Better, ending voter ID) or try by executive action (student debt bailout)."
Joe Biden's 'Ultra-MAGA' Comments
Joe Biden has told reporters that "this MAGA crowd" is the "most extreme political organization" that emerged in recent American history.
The president issued the "ultra-MAGA" statements during his remarks about the soaring inflation Tuesday and at a big-money Democratic fundraiser Wednesday.
Biden debuted the term earlier this month as he attacked conservatives broadly following the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that signaled the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Fox News reported.
Jen Psaki was quickly on board with Biden's term, declaring it "the president's phrase" to give MAGA "a little extra pop."
Psaki earlier said that in the weeks ahead, the public will continue to hear Biden talk more about his concern about "ultra-MAGA Republicans and their agenda." However, Biden's new label for Republicans did not go well with some people, like comedian and TV host Bill Maher.
During a panel discussion on his "Real Time With Bill Maher" show, the HBO host said the "ultra-MAGA" term "sounds like a condom." He noted that "MAGA" means "Make America Great Again," and he could see how that would not be great.
Maher added that the "Make America Great Again" was not Donald Trump's original phrase as former presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan also used it.
Political scientist Ian Bremmer quipped that he thought it was a premium brand, "like in gas."
"You know, at four bucks and fifty cents a gallon, 'Ultra-MAGA.' That's gonna work better, right?" Bremmer noted.
Former Rep. Jane Harman also reacted and said, "I don't think it works very well."
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Written by: Mary Webber
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