May 12, 2022 4:43pm EDT
WH defends Biden's 'great MAGA king' comment, says president isn't afraid to call out 'extreme positions'
Biden called Trump 'the great MAGA king' in an apparent insult
By Jessica Chasmar | Fox News
Outgoing White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday defended President Biden calling his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, "the great MAGA king."
During her daily press briefing, Psaki was asked by Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich whether the president's comments were unifying.
"Well, I would say that the president is not afraid to call out what he sees as extreme positions that are out of line with where the American people stand," Psaki responded.
"And whether that is supporting a tax plan that will raise taxes on 75 million Americans making less than $100,000 a year, or whether it is supporting efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade, something that two thirds of the American people in a Fox News poll, may I add, supported, and there are countless examples from there.
"The president believes that there is still work we can do together," she continued. "The bipartisan innovation is a good example of that. But again, he is not going to stand back and stand aside while people are pushing for extreme positions that are not in the interests or supported by the vast majority of the American people."
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