Biden claims Republicans will crash the economy on purpose ahead of midterms: 'Mega-MAGA trickle down' - Fox News

President Biden attacked Republicans successful a code to the Democratic National Committee office connected Monday, stoking claims that Republicans would "crash the economy" successful an effort to unit him to gut Medicare.

Biden besides utilized the accidental to coin the word "Mega-MAGA trickle down," which is however helium has chosen to notation to Republican economical policies. The president went connected to sanction House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, arguing that helium and his chap Republicans would turn the shortage by $3 trillion if their priorities were to pass. He besides argued the enactment plans to usage the shortage arsenic a bludgeon against him.

"Republicans person made it wide that if they triumph power of the Congress, they volition unopen down the government, garbage to wage our bills, and it volition beryllium the archetypal clip successful the past of America that we volition default--unless I output and chopped societal information and Medicare … They're threatening to default connected the national debt. There's thing that would make much chaos, much inflation, much harm to the American system than this," Biden said.

"Let maine beryllium clear: I volition not chopped societal security. I volition not chopped Medicare," helium continued.

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a rally hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) astatine Richard Montgomery High School connected August 25, 2022 successful Rockville, Maryland. Biden rallied supporters for Democratic candidates moving successful Maryland and to promote Democratic voters nationwide to crook retired successful the November midterm elections.  (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to a South Carolina GOP fundraising meal connected July 29, 2022, successful Columbia, S.C.  (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Republicans person blasted Biden's spending agenda passim his presidency, taking clasp of his backing boost to the IRS successful particular. Biden and the Democrats granted an $80 cardinal backing boost to the agency, allowing for 87,000 caller IRS employees.

Polls person shown an progressively grim representation for Democrats successful the last weeks earlier the midterm elections connected November 8. A New York Times canvass past week recovered that 26% of voters accidental the system is their astir important issue, followed by ostentation and outgo of surviving astatine 18%. Abortion came successful 3rd astatine conscionable 5%. Immigration besides landed astatine 5%, portion transgression rounded retired the apical 5 astatine 3%.

The canvass besides recovered that voters overwhelmingly spot Republicans to grip issues similar the system and ostentation much than Democrats.

President Biden's ain polling numbers person dropped since Democrats archetypal got a boost successful the polls successful July and August, falling to 39% connected Monday. A Fox News Poll recovered that conscionable 33% of voters would take to re-elect the president.

Another canvass from the Associated Press canvass recovered that with 49% of voters said they were much apt to ballot for a Republican campaigner connected Election Day, compared to 45% who leaned toward Democrats.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi connected CBS' "Face the Nation."  (CBS News/Screenshot)

Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi person dismissed the polls, however, arguing that issues similar termination volition galvanize voters against Republicans.

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"Inflation’s an issue, but it’s global. It’s global. … What’s their plan? They ain’t got nothing," Pelosi told Punchbowl News past week. "When you bring down unemployment, ostentation goes up. … So successful immoderate case, [President Biden] brought unemployment [down], chopped it successful half. Inflation is, thereby, but it’s planetary and not arsenic atrocious arsenic it is successful immoderate countries. We’ll person to connection it amended successful the adjacent 3 weeks ahead. I deliberation we’re successful large shape. Other radical don’t privation to judge that."