{"id":1475110,"date":"2022-05-14T08:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T12:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1475110"},"modified":"2022-05-14T08:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T12:14:58","slug":"it-took-the-biden-admin-6-months-of-research-to-come-up-with-term-ultra-maga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-took-the-biden-admin-6-months-of-research-to-come-up-with-term-ultra-maga\/","title":{"rendered":"It Took the Biden Admin 6 Months of Research to Come Up With Term \u201cUltra MAGA\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fit-took-the-biden-admin-6-months-of-research-to-come-up-with-term-ultra-maga%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1475110&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Joe Biden&#8217;s usage of the phrase &#8220;ultra MAGA,&#8221; deployed earlier this month in several speeches by the President to try and alienate the Trump faction of Republicans, isn&#8217;t as organic as it was first advertised to be.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>After the outcry of &#8220;let&#8217;s go Brandon,&#8221; progressive think tanks and Washington DC&#8217;s brightest minds got to work on a counterattack of their own, and &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; was what they came up with.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It took 6 months of research for Democrats to come up with \u201cUltra MAGA\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They really thought this was a good idea ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7b1AZYS1yD\">pic.twitter.com\/7b1AZYS1yD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1525206102442446850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/13\/biden-ultra-maga\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>has revealed that Biden&#8217;s usage of &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; to describe members of the Republican party was intentional and not spontaneous or organic. It took six months of research by Biden&#8217;s adviser Anita Dunn and the Center for American Progress Action Fund to come up with that. Focus group testing and polls undertaken by the Hart Research and the Global Strategy Group indicated that respondents see the phrase &#8220;MAGA&#8221; more negatively than other labels like &#8220;Trump Republicans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>This scoop debunks claims made earlier this week by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who \u00a0said &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; was &#8220;the President&#8217;s phrase and he made those comments himself.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House press sec. Jen Psaki tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marykbruce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MaryKBruce<\/a> that Pres. Biden came up with new &#8220;ultra-MAGA&#8221; label himself because he is struck by \u201chow extreme some of the policies and proposals are that a certain wing of the Republican Party\u2026are advocating for.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8GJN4s4cV2\">https:\/\/t.co\/8GJN4s4cV2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cDqrZv13rQ\">pic.twitter.com\/cDqrZv13rQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1524103056077606912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Navin Nayak is the president and executive director of CAP Action Fund and he backs usage of the term because it&#8217;s &#8220;versatile&#8221; slang for Democrats to use as a label, along with it being something Trump supporters already use among themselves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;We are not trying to create a new word. This is how they define themselves,&#8221; Nayak told the <em>Post<\/em>. On a deeper level, the outlet says the &#8220;research also found that the description tapped into the broad agreement among voters that the Republican Party had become more extreme and power-hungry in recent years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden says &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to hear Republicans talk about deficits and their ultra MAGA agenda. I want to hear about fairness. I want to hear about decency&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pw54Q33qwr\">pic.twitter.com\/pw54Q33qwr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1521871255997239298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Biden&#8217;s most direct usage of &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; was during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/05\/04\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-economic-growth-jobs-and-deficit-reduction\/\">May 4th speech<\/a> regarding the economy and reducing the deficit. He accused Senator Rick Scott of Florida of ushering in an &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; agenda with his economic proposal ideas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In the 11-point plan <a href=\"https:\/\/rescueamerica.com\/steps\/5-economy-growth\/\">published<\/a> in February outlining ways to fix America, under the economy and growth section Senator Scott believes &#8220;all Americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount. Currently over half of Americans pay no income tax,&#8221; among other maneuvers that Washington DC could enact if deemed necessary.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>At a fundraiser dinner in Chicago on Wednesday night, President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/story\/5053168\/biden-calls-trump-maga-king-vows-to-push-gop-contrasts\/\">called<\/a> former President Trump &#8220;the great MAGA king&#8221; alongside bringing up the &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; line again in an attempt to rally members of his support base.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>This comes much to the delight of former President Trump. Sources close to Trump&#8217;s team told the <em>Post <\/em>that they love the &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; slogan because they see it as an indication that Biden doesn&#8217;t understand marketing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Donald Trump thanks Joe Biden for his \u201cGreat MAGA King\u201d nickname. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/31In0C9wZp\">pic.twitter.com\/31In0C9wZp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1524795620711714817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik also embraced Biden&#8217;s labeling. She said on Wednesday at a news conference that she&#8217;s &#8220;ultra MAGA, and I&#8217;m proud of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Social media reactions to the <em>Post<\/em>&#8216;s reporting has journalists like Glenn Greenwald calling it &#8220;the most liberal thing ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the most liberal thing ever. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BmetSup4Mu\">https:\/\/t.co\/BmetSup4Mu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1525230142087663616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Only DNC messaging strategists could find a way to make banning books and firing teachers for teaching that slavery existed somehow sound cool,&#8221; said tech reporter Karl Bode.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">only DNC messaging strategists could find a way to make banning books and firing teachers for teaching that slavery existed somehow sound cool <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7CrYP2sxCX\">https:\/\/t.co\/7CrYP2sxCX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karl Bode (@KarlBode) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlBode\/status\/1525245128859742209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>WRLN reporter Danny Rivero wrote: &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry if I offend but these consultants are a scam. Every story that comes out about Democratic political consultants is laughable. It&#8217;s just so obvious that they are not helping but digging deeper into the hole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m sorry if I offend but these consultants are a scam. Every story that comes out about Democratic political consultants is laughable. It&#8217;s just so obvious that they are not helping but digging deeper into the hole. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hsn1MTxfhl\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hsn1MTxfhl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danny Rivero (@TooMuchMe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TooMuchMe\/status\/1525243050154409984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;They spent six months figuring out that he should say &#8216;ULTRA MAGA&#8217;? Best con since Saira Rao,&#8221; said Ben Shaprio.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They spent six months figuring out that he should say &#8220;ULTRA MAGA&#8221;? Best con since Saira Rao. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N52RI6XPoy\">https:\/\/t.co\/N52RI6XPoy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1525230474569949184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Democrats spent six months trying to come up with a line of attack against Republicans rather than work to solve problems. Also, if you took six months and all you came up with &#8216;ultra MAGA,&#8217; you aren&#8217;t very good at your job,&#8221; wrote Canary CEO Dan Eberhart.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats spent six months trying to come up with a line of attack against Republicans rather than work to solve problems.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you took six months and all you came up with &#8220;ultra MAGA,&#8221; you aren&#8217;t very good at your job. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kzvmhxr5yO\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kzvmhxr5yO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan K. Eberhart (@DanKEberhart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanKEberhart\/status\/1525206496165912577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Now they sound like condom varieties. Six months of research \u2013 of that I have no doubt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now they sound like condom varieties. Six months of research &#8212; of that I have no doubt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QKFQsg5ZSD\">https:\/\/t.co\/QKFQsg5ZSD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Weiss ????? (@michaeldweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeldweiss\/status\/1525197125172269057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Six months of research has led consultants to conclude that they like to collect paychecks&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six months of research has led consultants to conclude that they like to collect paychecks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PoxoodTws\">https:\/\/t.co\/9PoxoodTws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Britschgi (@christianbrits) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christianbrits\/status\/1525205133231022080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Firebrand PAC even ran with the &#8220;ultra MAGA&#8221; idea, creating a video exploring different styles of MAGA.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can you feel it? We\u2019re going to win.<\/p>\n<p>? Ultra MAGA by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirebrandPAC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FirebrandPAC<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWhmf8mi3p\">pic.twitter.com\/nWhmf8mi3p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Firebrand (@FirebrandPAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirebrandPAC\/status\/1525123230654160896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Past phrases and slang used by people during the Biden administration have included the infamous &#8220;Let&#8217;s go Brandon&#8221; line that accidentally became viral after a &#8220;F\u2014 Joe Biden!&#8221; chant was <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/watch-nascar-fans-chant-f-ck-joe-biden-nbc\">misheard<\/a> by a broadcaster during a NASCAR event last October. <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/cnn-analyst-lets-go-brandon-coded\">CNN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/nbc-news-calls-lets-go-brandon-phrase-a-right-wing-slur\">NBC<\/a> retched in horror about the deeper meanings behind the &#8220;Brandon&#8221; phrase.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The tagline has stuck since then. A prank caller <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-biden-says-lets-go-brandon-i-agree-during-christmas-call-with-kids-and-parents\">managed to say<\/a> &#8220;Let&#8217;s go Brandon&#8221; on a televised phone call to President Biden, last Christmas. More recently when Joe visited Seattle last month for an Earth Day event, gaggles of protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-biden-greeted-with-lets-go-brandon-chants-at-seattle-college\">gathered to chant<\/a> the &#8220;Brandon&#8221; line at Biden&#8217;s motorcade when it drove through the city streets.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In the <em>Washington Post<\/em>&#8216;s story, they mention how now it appears President Biden is flip-flopping on the &#8220;unity&#8221; promise he first advertised on the 2020 campaign trail, and in his inauguration day speech itself. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Partisan vitriol has continued to consume the nation&#8217;s capital,&#8221; the paper declares.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>During her last week on the job, reporters <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/psaki-says-biden-can-be-bipartisan-after-calling-maga-the-most-extreme-group-in-recent-us-history\/\">asked<\/a> White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to reconcile these seemingly conflicting viewpoints. She responded &#8220;the President&#8217;s view is you can do both&#8221; when it comes to asking both parties in Congress to come together to pass his legislation, while simultaneously labeling a portion of the Republicans as more extreme.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;But he&#8217;s also not going to stand by and not call out what he sees as &#8216;ultra MAGA&#8217; behavior, &#8216;ultra MAGA&#8217; policies, that are out of the mainstream of the country and are not in the interest of the American people,&#8221; Psaki described.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>As for how Biden is fairing against his predecessor \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-approval-rating\/\">according to FiveThirtyEight<\/a> \u2013 on day 479 in the White House, former President Trump had a 42.1 percent approval and 52.4 percent disapproval rating, whereas President Biden has a 41.5 percent approval and 52.6 percent disapproval rating currently.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden&#8217;s usage of the phrase &#8220;ultra MAGA,&#8221; deployed earlier this month in several speeches by the President to try and alienate the Trump faction of Republicans, isn&#8217;t as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1475110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1475110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1475110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1475110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1475110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}