Biden trolls Republicans and says ‘significant revolutions’ in GOP are leaving them more divided than ever
JOE Biden trolled Republicans over the "significant, mini-revolution" within the party, which he says has left them more divided than ever.
was giving reporters an update on his pricey American Rescue Plan during a press briefing on Wednesday when he took a swipe at the GOP.
"It seems as though the is trying to identify what it stands for," Biden said, adding that it appeared his rivals were in turmoil as some members call for Liz Cheney to be ousted.
“They’re in the midst of a significant, sort of, mini-revolution going on in the Republican Party," he said, hours after saying he didn't "understand" the GOP.
“I think the Republicans are further away from trying to figure out who they are and what they stand for than I thought they would be at this point.”
As a longtime , Biden noted that his party had gone through in-fighting but he didn't "remember any like this."
"We badly need a republican party," he went on. "We need a two-party system ... It's not healthy to have a one-party system."
However, Senate leader refuted Biden's claims of inter-party fighting and insisted Republicans were unified in their stance against the president.
"One hundred percent of my focus is standing up to this administration. What we have is total unity, from Collins to , in opposition to what the new administration is trying to do to this country," he .
However, Biden dismissed McConnell's comments, telling journalists: "He said that about the last administration — about Barack [], that he was going to stop everything."
But the president said that he would be willing to compromise with the GOP as he doubled down on taxing wealthier Americans.
"I think it's 35 or 30 corporations didn't pay a single solitary penny last year and they're Fortune 500 companies," he said. "They made $400 billion. They paid no taxes. How can that make any sense?
"Now what's going to grow America more? The super-wealthy having to pay 3.9 percent less tax, or have an entire generation of Americans having associate degrees?"
"Guess what? it grows the economy. It benefits everybody. It hurts nobody."
Biden's anti-Republican rant comes after was caught on a hot mic slamming Cheney a day after she accused former Trump of “poisoning” democracy.
, a , told off-air before a live "" interview, "I think she's got real problems.”
“I've had it with … I've had it with her,” the politician continued, according to . “You know, I've lost confidence. … Well, someone just has to bring a motion, but I assume that will probably take place."
The comments came just a day after Cheney tweeted “The ,” in response to recent claims the former president has made about what he dubbed the "Fraudulent Presidential Election."
Her May 3 tweet read: “Anyone who claims it was is spreading turning their back on the rule of law, and .”
Former Trump also recently appeared to tell a cheering Mar-a-Lago crowd that Arizona would be the "first state to fall" to undo the .
While some people applauded Cheney’s response, others have not been happy with her approach to the election and the former president, namely McCarthy.
"This is about whether the Republican Party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and attempt to whitewash what happened on Jan. 6," Cheney spokesperson Jeremy Adler said after McCarthy's comments.
“Liz will not do that. That is the issue."
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In the aired interview, McCarthy said he’d heard some members of the Republican party were worried about Cheney's ability to do her job as a party leader, or to “carry out the message” of the party.
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“We all need to be working as one if we’re able to win the majority,” the California representative said on air.
seemed to back Cheney in the GOP war, writing on Twitter on May 4, “Every person of conscience draws a line beyond which they will not go: .”
