‘You Can Do Both’: Psaki Insists Biden Can Slam Half Of America AND Build Unity

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki hasn’t moved on just yet. She insisted that President Joe Biden could bring the unity and bipartisanship he promised during his campaign and on Inauguration Day despite recent comments locking voters and calling some the “Ultra-MAGA crowd.”

Psaki made the comments during Monday’s press briefing — responding to NPR’s Tamara Keith, who asked how Biden’s recent attacks aimed at the “Ultra-MAGA” Republicans would “jive” with his promise to represent all Americans and support bipartisanship.

“The President and you have talked about ‘the MAGA crowd’ or the ‘ultra-MAGA.’ How does that jive with his desire to be the bipartisan guy?” Keith asked.

“The President’s view is you can do both. He believes that there is work we can continue to do together,” Psaki insisted, mentioning the bipartisan Innovation Act and saying that there were other pieces of legislation where the parties could find common ground and move forward.

“That can build on the nearly 80 bills that we signed into law last year that are bipartisan,” Psaki continued. “But he is also not going to stand by and not call out what he sees as ‘Ultra-MAGA’ behavior, ‘Ultra-MAGA’ policies that are out of the mainstream of the country and are not in the interest of the American people, whether that is efforts to prevent a woman from making choices about her own health care or whether that is Chairman Scott’s policy and proposals that would raise taxes on people making less that $100,000 a year.”

“He’s going to continue to call that out,” Psaki concluded, adding, “But he believes there’s still a path to move forward on where we have agreement.”

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Q    Thank you.  The President and you have talked about the “MAGA crowd” or the “ultra-MAGA.”  How does that jive with his desire to be the bipartisan guy?

MS. PSAKI:  Well, the President’s view is you can do both.  He believes that there is work we can continue to do together.   We’re actively advocating for — he was out traveling in — just last Friday on the Bipartisan Innovation Act.  We believe that needs to move forward; it should move forward.  And that can be — can build on the nearly 80 bills that we signed into law last year that are bipartisan.

But he’s also not going to stand by and not call out what he sees as ultra-MAGA behavior, ultra-MAGA policies that are out of the mainstream of the country and are not in the interest of the American people, whether that is efforts to prevent a woman from making choices about her own healthcare or whether that is Chairman Scott’s policy and proposals on — that would raise taxes on people making less than $100,000 a year.

He’s going to continue to call that out.  But he believes there is still a path to move forward on where we have agreement.

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