‘Democracies can die when people are silent, fail to stand up’ Joe Biden's attack on Donald Trump, MAGA movement
ANI. MAGA which is "Make America Great Again" is a political slogan popularized by Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign. Notably, the stark message was Biden’s most forceful attempt at calling out Trump’s antidemocratic behaviour since the former president was criminally charged for his attempts to subvert the 2020 election results.
According to CNN, it also gives an idea about Biden’s forthcoming re-election message, one centred on Trump’s own words and actions as threats to democracy. Biden said that his predecessor was guided not by the Constitution or decency, but by “vengeance and vindictiveness." The US President remained mostly silent when indictments and arrests of the former president piled up over the summer. But, as Trump’s prohibitive lead in the Republican primary remains unchanged and Biden’s own standing remains mired in low approval, the president is now sharpening his attacks on his most likely 2024 rival as a danger to democracy, CNN reported.
“Trump says the Constitution gave him the right to do whatever he wants as president," Biden said, referencing his most likely GOP challenger by name. “I’ve never heard presidents say that in jest." “I believe in free and fair elections and peaceful transfer of power. I believe there’s no place in America – none, none, none – for political violence," CNN quoted Biden as saying.
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