Top House Democrat says ‘mainstream’ Republicans are fighting against MAGA to defend democracy

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 Top House Democrat says ‘mainstream’ Republicans are fighting against MAGA to defend democracy
by Brad Dress - 09/04/22 10:15 AM ET

Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said “mainstream” Republicans are pushing back against the MAGA wing of the GOP to defend democracy, adding that “leading conservative voices” are largely in agreement with Democrats in condemning the attack on the U.S. Capitol and pushing back on claims the 2020 election was stolen.

During an interview with “Fox News Sunday” guest host Mike Emanuel, Maloney defended President Biden’s primetime speech on Thursday night, when the president warned Americans the nation faces a threat to democracy from “extremist” supporters of former President Trump and his MAGA wing of the GOP.

“The point of that speech is that mainstream Republicans and Democrats agree on things — it’s wrong to attack the United States Capitol, to spread a pernicious lie about the election being stolen,” Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said. “I mean, Republicans and Democrats are in large part in agreement.

“It’s the MAGA movement that is extreme, that has ripped away reproductive freedom, that justifies the attack on the Capitol, that plays footsie with white supremacist and QAnon conspiracy theorists,” he continued. “That’s what the president was talking about.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3628592-top-house-democrat-says-mainstream-republicans-are-fighting-against-maga-to-defend-democracy/

[Kamaji]

The Reichstag fire full-court press is on. 

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Top House Democrat says ‘mainstream’ Republicans are fighting against MAGA to defend democracy
by Brad Dress - 09/04/22 10:15 AM ET

Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said “mainstream” Republicans are pushing back against the MAGA wing of the GOP to defend democracy, adding that “leading conservative voices” are largely in agreement with Democrats in condemning the attack on the U.S. Capitol and pushing back on claims the 2020 election was stolen.

During an interview with “Fox News Sunday” guest host Mike Emanuel, Maloney defended President Biden’s primetime speech on Thursday night, when the president warned Americans the nation faces a threat to democracy from “extremist” supporters of former President Trump and his MAGA wing of the GOP.

“The point of that speech is that mainstream Republicans and Democrats agree on things — it’s wrong to attack the United States Capitol, to spread a pernicious lie about the election being stolen,” Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said. “I mean, Republicans and Democrats are in large part in agreement.

“It’s the MAGA movement that is extreme, that has ripped away reproductive freedom, that justifies the attack on the Capitol, that plays footsie with white supremacist and QAnon conspiracy theorists,” he continued. “That’s what the president was talking about.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3628592-top-house-democrat-says-mainstream-republicans-are-fighting-against-maga-to-defend-democracy/

In this case, he's just trying to be divisive.

Rifts exist.  They always have.

He is working to enlarge it.

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WHY would Republicans want to defend democracy?

America was FOUNDED as a Republic because our Founding Fathers were intelligent men that realized that "Democracy" is just another name for "Mob Rule".

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Top House Democrat says ‘mainstream’ Republicans are fighting against MAGA to defend democracy
by Brad Dress - 09/04/22 10:15 AM ET

Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said “mainstream” Republicans are pushing back against the MAGA wing of the GOP to defend democracy, adding that “leading conservative voices” are largely in agreement with Democrats in condemning the attack on the U.S. Capitol and pushing back on claims the 2020 election was stolen.

During an interview with “Fox News Sunday” guest host Mike Emanuel, Maloney defended President Biden’s primetime speech on Thursday night, when the president warned Americans the nation faces a threat to democracy from “extremist” supporters of former President Trump and his MAGA wing of the GOP.

“The point of that speech is that mainstream Republicans and Democrats agree on things — it’s wrong to attack the United States Capitol, to spread a pernicious lie about the election being stolen,” Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said. “I mean, Republicans and Democrats are in large part in agreement.

“It’s the MAGA movement that is extreme, that has ripped away reproductive freedom, that justifies the attack on the Capitol, that plays footsie with white supremacist and QAnon conspiracy theorists,” he continued. “That’s what the president was talking about.”

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3628592-top-house-democrat-says-mainstream-republicans-are-fighting-against-maga-to-defend-democracy/

He is 100% correct on this. Republicans are just D and Liberals that have fooled the people and been elected as R. The Conservatives and MAGA voters are NOT Republican's and their numbers are growing and hopefully spin away from the R Party soon. Only chance this country has is a OPPOSITION party if formed. It sure as hell not the Republican Party. 95% of the Republicam Party are UNIPARTY including the leadership of China Mitch and Gayboy McCarthy. Look what the Republicans have done in GA,PA, AK, WI, MI  and others the typical NOTHING of the Republican Party.