President Joe Biden took aim at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in his 2024 campaign announcement video on Tuesday.
The video from Biden’s campaign decried “MAGA extremists” as it showed images of Greene and DeSantis, with former President Donald Trump, and scenes from the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I believe this is ours.
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— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 25, 2023
“But you know around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms,” Biden said, as the images are displayed in the video.
MAGA, an acronym for Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” has been used by Biden and other Democrats to label right-wing and Trump-aligned politicians.
Biden then accused “MAGA extremists” of wanting to cut Social Security and cut taxes for “the wealthy” and banning books, among other claims.
“Cutting Social Security that you’ve paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. Dictating what healthcare decisions women can make, banning books, and telling people who they can love. All while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote,” Biden said.
Greene responded to Biden’s campaign announcement by saying the 80-year-old told “lies in his pre-recorded 2024 re-election video.”
80 year old Joe Biden just told these lies in his pre-recorded 2024 re-election video.
“Cutting Social Security that you’ve paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. Dictating what health care decisions women can make, banning books, and telling people…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 25, 2023
“Republicans have ZERO plans to cut social security. Abortion is not women’s healthcare, it kills a baby no matter how Democrats wordsmith it. We aren’t telling people who to love, we want to protect kids from the Democrat approved child genital mutilation medical industry,” Greene tweeted. “And lastly, Republicans have made it clear we support election integrity and now ballot harvesting just like Democrats.”
“Shame on Joe Biden for lying and selfishly deciding to run for re-election just as we are exposing how the Bidens have gotten rich by influence peddling,” she continued. “Joe himself has already proven he’s the worst president in history, now we have to prove how corrupt Joe Biden really is.”
Trump, who is the front-runner on the Republican side of the 2024 presidential race, has also attacked others for allegedly wanting to cut Social Security.
DeSantis is widely expected to announce a bid for the White House in late May or early June and has hinted at a candidacy while saying he is not currently running.
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“I’m not a candidate, so we’ll see if and when that changes,” DeSantis told reporters during a trip in Japan on Monday.
Trump is leading the GOP field, with DeSantis firmly in second place, per recent polling data.
