Then jen psaki said oh, nobody saw this coming. the president today trying to deflect saying look, if you think our plans are not working, look at what the republican plan would do. listen to what he said. their plan is actually made working families going to make working families poorer. you don t have to take my word for it, it s in writing. they have made their intentions perfectly clear. senator rick scott of wisconsin, a member of the leadship laid it out, ultra maga agenda. john: first of all, rick scott is the senator from florida, and secondly, it s not a congressional plan, it s a rick scott plan. he s not even up for re-election, he just wanted to put something out there, it was denounced by the majority of the republican leadership mitch mcconnell said it s not our hand. i think he might have been
Constitutional right if that is the final ruling. and secondly, that they re willing to do anything for power. they did polling and survey research to try to figure this out, and their proof point there is the january 6th insurrection. so they are trying to say these are wild people. they are coming for things that matter to you. and they ll do anything to get them. and that s something that they think is more relevant than focusing on donald trump now that he s out of office. yeah, he s naming some names there, laying into the maga crowd, but he doesn t seem to be zeroing in on donald trump by name. that s on purpose. reporter: right. and, you know, the name he focused in on was the head of the republican senate campaign, rick scott. and rick scott reflects the line of attack the democrats previously used. rick scott is a wealthy former health care executive and one of the planks of that ultra maga agenda that president biden referred to was a plank that said, well, we re going to
President biden is sharpening his message against the gop now focusing on what he calls the extremism and dangers presented by maga republicans. senator rick scott of florida, united states senator, who is leading the republican national senatorial campaign committee, released what he calls the ultra maga agenda. it s a maga agenda all right. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda. it s extreme as most maga things are. what are the next things that are going to be attacked? because this maga crowd is really the most extreme political organization that s existed in american history. let s bring in cnn white house correspondent john harwood. john, good morning. reporter: good morning. good morning. what is the strategy behind biden s new language, highlighting what he calls the extremism of the maga crowd? it seems to me he wants to focus on that extremism part, believing that most people in
To give their verdict on the democratic leadership in congress and of the biden presidency. and this cnn poll doesn t really have much good news for the president sp his party. the economy is, of course, the most important issue to voters, and on that measure most think that biden s policies are actually making it worse. yes, there is a jobs boom as friday s report confirmed, but inflation is still historically high. that is what voters are focused on, it s why biden s only hope they be this new pitch, that we re better than the alternative. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda, it s extreme, as most maga things are. what are the next things that are going to be attacked? because this maga crowd is really the most extreme political organization that s existed in american history. in recent american history. our panel is back with us. so tamara, this is a change of tone for president biden, but do you think that the voters will
Congress will be at stake. on wednesday, he went after what he called the ultra maga attend. he said that maga republicans are protecting billionaires at the expense of working class americans and took aim at senator rick scott s economic plan. take a listen. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda. it is extreme has most maga things are. it will actually raise taxes on 75 million american families. over 95% of whom make less than $100,000 a year. mr. biden claims his administration will reduce the deficit by record amounts as opposed to trump s administration which increased the deficit every year that he was in office. newly obtained audio from the new york times, two days after trump fomented the saugs