ROCKVILLE, Maryland — President Joe Biden says members of the Republican Party are embracing a political philosophy that is edging dangerously close to fascism before November’s midterm elections.
“What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy,” Biden said Thursday at a million-dollar fundraiser, according to a pool report. “It’s not just Trump; it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something, it’s like semifascism,” he added of former President Donald Trump.
“I respect conservative Republicans,” Biden added later. “I don’t expect these MAGA Republicans.”
