Republicans who support Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again program (Maga, “make America Great again”), represented extremist forces, said US President Joe Biden, speaking at Philadelphia, in the National Historical Park of Independence, with programmatic speech dedicated to the “ongoing battle for the soul of the country.” He appealed to the Americans during the intermediate elections to the Congress to repulse the gaining power of extremism. This was reported by the Russian Service “Voice of America”.
The US President warned of a real threat to democracy by the group of republican supporters of ex-president Trump. Biden said that supporters of the ideology of Maga do not respect the US Constitution and undermine the people’s right to free, equal, fair democratic elections.
“Maga forces are determined to throw this country back, – Biden said.“ Back to America, where there is no right to choose, the right to inviolability of private life, the right to prevent pregnancy, the right to marry who you love. “
Joe Bayden called in his speech all Americans – Democrats and Republicans – to unite to combat political extremism and political violence. “Now America should make a choice: go forward or go back,” the president said, urging citizens to “vote, vote, vote” to protect democracy. “For a long time we convinced ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But this is not so.” .
The Voice of America recalls that the other day Biden spoke hard criticism of the Republicans supporting Donald Trump. He stated that democracy and freedom of the country were put on the map. Last week, during the collection of funds in Maryland, Biden described the “extremist philosophy of Maga” as “almost semi -fascism.”
On the eve of the speeches of the US president, the leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy accused Biden of trying to divide the Americans and criticized the reputation of the democrats in Washington, pointing out the growth of inflation, crime and state expenses.
answering the question of criticizing McCarthy, the press secretary of the White House Karin Jean-Pierre stated on Thursday that “we understand that we touched the living” leader of the republican party, and quoted the previous statements of the Republican that Trump was responsible for attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.