JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who often skews centrist-left when it comes to his politics, nevertheless scolded President Joe Biden, members of the Democratic Party, and their left-wing media cheerleaders over portraying “MAGA” supporters of former President Donald Trump as “threats to democracy.”
“I wish the Democrats would think a little bit more carefully when they talk about ‘MAGA,'” he said during a CNBC morning show segment on Wednesday.
“You know if you travel this country… We’ve got this great hand. When people say MAGA, they actually look at people voting for Trump, and they think they’re voting for — they’re basically scapegoating them, that you are like him,” Dimon continued.
“I don’t think they’re voting for Trump because of his family values. Just take a step back, and be honest. He was kind of right about NATO. He was kind of right about immigration. He grew the economy quite well. Tax reform worked. He was right about China. I don’t like what he did… and how he said things about Mexico. But he wasn’t wrong about these critical issues,” Dimon added.
“That’s why they’re voting for him. People should be more respectful of our fellow citizens, and when you guys have people up here, you should ask why. Not like it is a binary thing, supporting Trump or not supporting Trump,” Dimon said.
“And the Democrats have done a pretty good job with the deplorables hugging onto their bibles and beer and guns. I mean, really? Can we just stop that stuff and grow up and treat other people with respect… I think this negative talk about MAGA is going to hurt President Biden’s election campaign,” he added.
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JPMorgan's Dimon might skew centrist-left, but he is exactly right about Biden and Democrats' portrayal of Trump's "MAGA" voters as a 'threat' to the country.
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Biden and Democrats have been on the “MAGA is dangerous” narrative for months. In September, for instance, during a visit to Pennsylvania, he warned that the GOP was no longer “your father’s Republican Party.” He said that this “is a totally different party, man.”
“We have a choice. Trump and the MAGA Republicans made their choice. We can choose to build a better America, or we can continue down this sliding path to oblivion to where we don’t want to go,” he claimed.
