On 5/10/2022, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said “Ultra-MAGA” is President Biden’s “phrase, and the President made the comments himself.” A reporter asked, “I just have a question on messaging. Who came up with this phrase “Ultra-MAGA”? Why the need to kick it up a notch? MAGA wasn’t enough? I mean, why now use this phrase?”
Psaki: I will tell you, it is — it is the President’s phrase, and the President made those comments himself just last week, as you know. And I think what has struck him is how extreme some of the policies and proposals are that a certain wing of the Republican Party — that is taking up too much of the Republican Party … And it’s also the obsession with culture wars and wars against Mickey Mouse and banning books. The President thinks that’s extreme. That is not what the American people care about or what they want. And so, to him, adding a little “ultra” to it, give it a little extra pop.
Reporter: So then who is an “Ultra-MAGA” Republican?
Psaki: I would say people who support that portion of the Republican agenda.
Reporter: So, Rob Portman, Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, would they be “Ultra-MAGA” Republicans?
Psaki: They can all make their own choices, Ed. And I can — we can let others evaluate that. But I would say that the President’s view is: Those who support a plan by Rick Scott — by Chairman Scott, that would raise taxes on 75 million Americans … that’s a MAGA position … So we’ll let — we don’t need to name-call individuals unless they have positions that are aligned with what he feels is the “Ultra-MAGA” wing of the party.
Psaki said, “no,” President Biden does not believe massive spending matters in regard to inflation. A reporter asked, “I was hoping to clarify something President Biden said today on inflation. He said his policies helped, rather than hurt, on inflation. Does the President believe that his COVID relief package played any role in the increase in inflation last year?”
Psaki: The President believes … and our ongoing fight to address that, as well as President Putin’s invasion into Ukraine and the impact on energy prices … We’ll leave it to the Federal Reserve, outside economists, inside economists to make other projections on what’s next. They’ve already made projections about when they expect inflation to come down. As he noted today, he is the President. We do- — do control all forms of — branches of government. That’s why he laid out very clearly what he’ll continue to do as President to bring down prices.
Reporter: So then, just to make sure, like, what he’s saying is … he does not believe the size of the spending mattered with regard to inflation?
Psaki: Again — no. He — and we have — we have spoken to this in the past, Josh, as you know. The President made a decision that in order to address what was in part a economic crisis.. So, no, he does not think that is the driver …
Psaki could not say whether Biden is concerned student debt cancellation would increase inflation. A reporter asked, “speaking of inflation, is he concerned at all that widespread loan forgiveness would actually increase inflation and further exacerbate it by pumping money into the economy?”
Psaki: I know some economists — and I don’t have an official assessment from here — but I would say that Jared Bernstein, who is one of our economists, has spoken to this. And he’s talked about — more about the impact of pausing federal loan repayments and the fact that, in his view — and you can quote him directly — it would be something like 0.001 percent … But again, I don’t have a projection here on specifically what the inflationary impact would be.
Psaki said Joe Biden continues to encourage ‘peaceful protests’ outside of homes of conservative Supreme Court justices. “I know that there is an outrage … about protests that have been peaceful to date and we certainly continue to encourage that outside of judges’ homes,” Psaki said to Fox News reporter Alexandria Hoff. Reporter asked, “I do want to ask, the DOJ was very swift in responding to school board members … Does the President feel that the demonstrations outside of, say, Justice Alito’s home — are those attempts to interfere or intimidate?
Psaki: … So I know that there’s an outrage right now, I guess, about protests that have been peaceful to date — and we certainly continue to encourage that — outside of judges’ homes. And that’s the President’s position. But the silence is pretty deafening about all of the other intimidation that we’ve seen to a number of people.
Reporter: This is a pending court case though. That’s where the federal law comes into place. This is a pending court case.
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Biden made the phrase “Ultra-MAGA”. Biden policy and cancel loan not cause inflation, will lower costs. Certainly encourages protestors at Justices’ homes