“What we're seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy,” Biden told Democratic donors at a gathering in Maryland. “It's not just Trump,” he went on, “it's the entire philosophy that underpins the — I'm going to say something: It's like semi-fascism.”
And at an ensuing Democratic National Committee rally that evening, the president charged that “MAGA Republicans don’t just threaten our personal rights and economic security, they’re a threat to our very democracy.”