He went off about MAGA, again.
>> Yeah, MAGA KING.
>> To former president Trump as the ultra MAGA KING he's been decrying ultra
MAGA Republicans and saying he's gonna be doing it more.
But Hillary Clinton expressed some regret not too long ago for
referring to Trump voters as deplorables who couldn't be redeemed.
And considering that Trump got 74 million votes in the last election,
I'm just wondering if this is the best strategy for Biden to win people over,
win over support ahead of the midterms.
Especially given his inaugural theme being America United.
>> We're still on this when it comes to Joe Biden uniting the country,
well in this particular instance, he pushes back every once in a while.
In this instance he did call,
Donald Trump the MAGA KING any minute as a negative feeling.
But, of course the MAGA KING and the themselves, take it as a rallying cry.
Just like they took the deplorable line as a rallying cry which she referenced there
in that question to Jen Psaki.
Now Trump straight into it cuz Donald Trump did take to his,
which one of these random accounts was this, his truther account.
And he posted this meme because he's the MAGA King let's embrace it,
let's keep it real.
Donald Trump did not create nor post that,
cuz he doesn't know what any of those things are.
But he did put it up there because he is the MAGA King and
has taken as a positive thing.
Ben Shapiro also tweeted about it and talked about how bad,
Joe Biden administration is that these types of things.
And he tweeted, Joe Biden is even worse at Branding than he is at presidenting.
Here's some of Biden's attempts at branding, here's this list
Build Back Better, Putin's Price Hike, ULTRA MAGA, Great MAGA King.
The only surprise is that Joe Biden is not responsible for new coke.
>> [LAUGH] >> I don't know new coke.
Is that crystal Pepsi from 92.
>> Continuing on, so as the White House press hearing did continue on,
they kept asking her over and over again MAGA King.
How about MAGA King?
MAGA King you have a problem MAGA King, so
if anything it's caused them to keep talking about it.
Let's watch another one of those moments.
>> The topic of ultra MAGA now you saw representative Elise Stefanik saying I'm
ultra MAGA and I'm proud of it.
Former Trump Super Pac blasted out a t shirt of him as an ultra MAGA superman.
On his own twitter alternative platform,
released a meme of him as the ultra MAGA King.
I guess I'm curious what the administration makes of Republicans and
the former president sort of coopting this and
elevating what President Biden clearly intended as a pejorative.
>> Well, I think if that means that the individuals you mentioned are embracing
their opposition to a woman's right to make choices about their own health care.
If they're embracing a plan that will raise taxes on 75 million Americans.
If they are embracing the importance of fighting mickey mouse over virtually any
other issue?
I guess that's their platform, good for them.
We're happy to have a debate about that, go ahead.
>> They're obsessed with the MAGA King, it happened again, watch this one.
>> The president has talked, what do you think the Republican party now stands for?
He's also, thrown out some tough language saying they were petty and
being spirited and how empowering to former president Trump.
But he's also said he's been surprised by that,
does he still feel like the fever will break in Washington?
>> Well, that's certainly his hope.
>> That certainly is hope.
Now by the way, this is one question,
doesn't get asked of Republican presidents or press secretaries.
Because when Trump was in office, how often did he talk garbage about his
political opponents or democratic voters in general?
Or when another politician, I forget who said Elizabeth one yet she persisted.
And it became a rallying cry amongst many women like, yet she persisted.
How many reporters in the White House Press Secretary booth or
whoever that politician was that then called her out for that.
Then asked her every time since, do you regret saying that yet
she persisted, because it has become a rallying cry amongst Democratic voters?
They like when you said yet, she persisted,
what are you doing as far as unifying this country?
Why can't you get a better message when it comes to talking about women you're trying
to degrade them.
In reality, they formed a rallying cry around it.
When were those questions ever gonna be asked?
They're not because there's an assist that comes,
with pushing Republican talking points, as the rule of among political discourse.
>> Yeah, I would say that when Republicans attack women or the LGBT community or
people of color, immigrants, Democrats, poor people.
That's okay because they never said, that they would try to unify the country.
And yet when Joe Biden offers the apparently very insulting phrase of
MAGA King, well because he promised to unite the country.
Well then we need Fox News coming in,
riding in like a white knight demanding to know whether that's gonna alienate people.
So apparently, if you say that you wanna help and then offer even the most tepid
criticism, then you're a liar and you're tearing the country apart.
But, if you actually lie and tear the country apart, so
long as you didn't promise to unite people,
then you're totally in the clear because at least you didn't misrepresent yourself.
>> So, there's two different issues here.
One is the press reaction which is maddening, right.
So, to what JR and Brian said, when Republicans do vicious things,
they never say hey, but wait, Biden got 81 million votes.
Are you insulting the 81 million people that voted for Biden?
That question has never been asked of a single Republican.
But whenever anybody says something about the Republicans,
they're like 74 million people voted for Trump.
If there's something on 74 million we are real Americans.
And they think it's normal, but how about the other 80 million don't care,
they're not important.
They ripped Biden's face off on a regular basis.
Guys, this is an actual number, I know it's stunning.
I know it's hard to believe, but 52% of Republicans say,
that the Democratic Party is led by satanic pedophiles.
I'm not joking and I'm not exaggerating.
A majority of Republicans believe Biden, Pelosi Schumer etc.
Are pedophiles and they lead a pedophile ring on behalf of Satan and
we're worried about hurting their feelings.
Are you guys, like honestly press corps.
How nuts do you have to be to say,
it's Biden's fault that the country is not coming together.
The other son says that we're with Satan [LAUGH] are you insane?
Okay, so that's the press corps.
Now, the second part is about Biden.
Do you guys know why he keeps saying Ultra MAGA, Great MAGA King MAGA,
cuz he doesn't want to criticize Republicans?
His whole schtick for his whole life is, I love Republicans, I'll give Republicans
whatever they want, I'm Mr. bipartisan, I love doing deals with Republicans.
And even as the Republicans are slapping him across the face,
his old friend Lindsey Graham was on TV just last night on Fox News.
Say Biden's a disaster, I'm sorry I ever complimented them in any way,
Biden is terrible, right.
And I don't want to say Republican, the Republicans are good people,
Republicans are so great.
But MAGA I heard they're a tiny splinter group but I can attack them.
Joe, they're not a tiny splinter group.
The entire Republican party is MAGA.
I know like you think it's the 1990s but it isn't, they're all MAGA.
And the idea like and you're so
close you don't know that they're gonna love great MAGA King.
If I was one of the President's advisers I would have tackled him before I allow them
to say that.
I'm like of course they're literally gonna posturized you.
And the idea of a king maybe that sounds offensive to you for
authoritarian right wingers are like, that sounds like a great idea.
We get rid of democracy and we have a king and it's the great MAGA King,
you didn't know that it's just hit him already.
But no I tweaked him on MAGA and why does Biden get scared,
because of the press corp.?
The press corps goes around you insulted Republicans, how could you do that?
The first person was Fox News, the other three were not Fox News.
They were Washington post and
others all quadrupling down on Democrats better never fight Republicans.