The timing for this development really, really sucks for not just Joe Biden but the Democrats. I thought it was a bit odd the GOP’s public attacks against Biden over his son Hunter suddenly stopped a few months ago. Thanks to this development, now I know why. As a reminder, Hunter Biden was one of the GOP’s favorite political punching bags since the 2020 election because of his past drug addiction and then the belief the White House helped him sell a painting he made.
It goes without saying this situation puts Joe Biden in a very uncomfortable position. The conflict of interest aside, given his family’s history there’s no way he will be able stay out of it. More so given the timing. The stress would probably kill him as a parent, nevermind a parent who is also the POTUS. This is easily a situation in which Biden needs to step aside–as in resign–if his son is charged. It’s a distraction the Dems and the country doesn’t need right now is why.
The GOP is hoping Hunter is charged before the Midterms so they can use him and his father as political fodder. Weather it’s before or after the Midterms, Biden does need to make a public statement immediately if charges against his son are announced. I would prepare to take over as president if I’m Kamala Harris should Hunter be charged.
It’s not exactly a secret Biden is not popular even among Democrats. He did his job of denying Trump a second term–that was all anyone expected from him like I said before–but there is a reason almost no Dems are saying they want him to run again in 2024. I stand by what I said a few months ago when I said Biden will be a 1-term president. I do think another Dem will be on the ballot in 2024.
Those who say there is no clear successor to Biden but the same is true of the GOP to an extent right now. That’s how both parties operate: Candidates and politicians are selected, not elected. The DNC pushed Biden to run in 2020 because they knew that if they didn’t, Bernie Sanders probably would have secured the Democratic Nomination early on and they wanted to avoid a repeat of what happened in 2016. Sanders saw it coming and it’s why he back off early on despite knowing he would probably never be able to run for president again.
Establishment Dems hate Progressive Dems. I’ll just put it like that. They are probably desperately looking for someone to succeed Biden in 2024 and beyond right now if I had to guess. Someone who either is one of them or someone they feel they can control. Because they don’t want Ayanna Pressley or Alexandria Oscario-Cortez running for president in the near future.
Before all that, the coming weeks and next two years should be paid attention to very closely. It’s anyone’s guess at this point if the Dems can take the lead in the Senate. It’s looking more and more likely the Dems will hold the House and may even add some seats though.
Fox “News” host Sean Hannity may have finally taken things too far. Or rather one can only hope. Yesterday, Hannity played a portion of a phone conversation betweeen Biden and his son Hunter. The conversation took place sometime in 2018 and has been verified as being authentic. The audio is basically Biden urging his son to get help with his drug addiction.
As a reminder, Hannity is a close friend of Donald Trump’s. For most of Trump’s term, Fox “News” was basically the official news network of the Trump’s Administration. Hannity has likely been patiently waiting for news of Hunter Biden potentially facing criminal charges for four years just so he could release this audio clip.
Unfortunately for Hannity, his clearly nasty and malicious ntentions backfired. Hard. Instead of sounding weak, Biden sounds human. Whoops!
The release of the audio has been universally condemned by both Democratic and Republican politicians as well as other media outlets. I’m not expecting Rupert Murdoch to do this but Hannity should be fired for this. This was just really, REALLY disgusting and shameful of Hannity. Other media outlets need to call him, Fox “News” and Murdoch out on it too.
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