# Biden finally calls out the MAGAs **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 2, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814 "2022-09-02T12:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/21 "2022-09-02T16:00:06Z")
This was also good: [imagined Tucker Carlson response to Biden](https://twitter.com/mrbenwexler/status/1565497731094683648) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/22 "2022-09-02T16:01:52Z")
Agreed. The point is, he would never wind up apologizing anyway, because they will never apologize first for anything they’ve ever done. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/23 "2022-09-02T16:25:00Z")
[Project Lincoln sez](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1565728783247843330) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/24 "2022-09-02T16:37:37Z")
It sounds like he left some space between the MAGA Republicans and other Republicans. Hopefully, the latter will use the space to distance themselves from the former. Keep in mind any schism, no matter how small, can be exploited - this is keenly important in key purple states and districts. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/25 "2022-09-02T16:43:19Z")
Reading Twitter, which is on fire today, I conclude that the most logical response to GOP outrage is “Biden was specifically NOT talking about you if you’re a Republican who believes in the rule of law, majority rule, non-violent protest, and democracy. He spent most of the speech drawing that distinction. The only reason to be offended by his speech is if you oppose those things, in which case, you’re an authoritarian racist, and my enemy.” ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/26 "2022-09-02T16:44:13Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > It sounds like he left some space between the MAGA Republicans and other Republicans. Hopefully, the latter will use the space to distance themselves from the former. Keep in mind any schism, no matter how small, can be exploited - this is keenly important in key purple states and districts. So far, the one’s I’ve heard have “decided” not to hear that distinction. The better to fool you with my dear. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/27 "2022-09-02T16:45:27Z")
Most of the Trump supporters I know personally say they like him because he “tells it like it is” and “isn’t afraid to speak his mind.” I’m guessing they will find Biden doing the same is distasteful and mean. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/28 "2022-09-02T17:26:03Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Up until now various Democrats have tried to put emphasis on good governance, the protection of our democratic norms, and the like - and Republicans have just kept hammering away with ‘our way is the only way.’ This. Up until now, the Democrats have been like a football team with stronger, faster players, but with a strategy of run on 1st down, run on 2nd down, short pass on 3rd down, punt on 4th down, then repeat on the next possession, over and over. They’ve finally changed up the strategy, and that’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/29 "2022-09-02T20:11:29Z")
Still [on fire](https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1565771104593285125) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/30 "2022-09-02T20:21:17Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Up until now, the Democrats have been like a football team with stronger, faster players, but with a strategy of run on 1st down, run on 2nd down, short pass on 3rd down, punt on 4th down, then repeat on the next possession, over and over. So the Seahawks over the past decade. 😁 …And just like them, a change isn’t necessarily a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/31 "2022-09-02T20:40:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > So the Seahawks over the past decade Well, remember what happens if you pass on second down. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U7rPIg7ZNQ8/hqdefault.jpg "Butler picks off Wilson to seal Patriots Super Bowl XLIX victory") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7rPIg7ZNQ8) Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/32 "2022-09-02T20:58:50Z")
It’s no different to when Clinton said that half of Republicans were bigots, and the Republicans responded by insisting that, no, they were all of them deplorable. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/33 "2022-09-02T21:10:05Z")
I noticed that NPR mentioned how many Republicans were taking it, but the reporters noticed that Biden did differentiate more than Clinton did, implying that “normal” Republicans now are just maliciously protesting too much. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/34 "2022-09-03T00:07:41Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > It sounds like he left some space between the MAGA Republicans and other Republicans. Hopefully, the latter will use the space to distance themselves from the former. Keep in mind any schism, no matter how small, can be exploited - this is keenly important in key purple states and districts. The trouble is that NO Republican can afford to align with or agree with anything Biden says even if he is paying the Not-So-Bad Republicans the compliment of being _not-so-bad_. The Republican mission, from the most rabid MAGAT to the most sensible centrist, is to oppose-oppose-oppose anything a Democrat says, even if it’s something they secretly believe and agree with. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814/35 "2022-09-03T00:12:35Z")
I think it’s more that he’s leaving the space, but knows the vast majority won’t take it, and thus can use that against them. It leaves room for his calls for unity, while allowing him to say that unity with (semi)fascists is not possible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-finally-calls-out-the-magas/970814.md?page=1)