Biden (for the first time publicly) openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
https://apnews.com/article/biden-first-time-openly-talks-hunter-granddaughter-navy-ac1bca208a34d98150d6a3bd5fb4baa3
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PeleSpirit@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 3y
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social · -16 pts · 3y
madcaesar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Trump literarily installed his children in the government. Don't you dare bOtH sIdEs this bullshit.
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social · -10 pts · 3y
madcaesar@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 3y
Again, I voted for JOE BIDEN, into the US GOVERNMENT. I don't give a shit about Hunter. If he does illegal shit I'll be the first to call him to get prosecuted and thrown in jail.
Trump installed his children into direct government positions, THAT matters. His brood actually sold access worth billions.
So, until you've finished prosecuting Trump and his criminal offspring, I don't want to hear you attack Joe for his children because you don't actually care about the crimes committed.
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
I'm sure he doesn't want to draw further attention to poor Hunter, who is persecuted for no reason by Republicans, and perhaps cause his granddaughter to be harmed.
TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
But for her sake, at least he's acknowledging her. Imagine growing up and being called the one that grandpa wouldn't mention. This removes that from her, which I think is important, and I hope he at least recognized.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y
Also true, you are correct. I just fear for that child because the Republicans are so weirdly obsessed with Hunter.
TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
She probably will be hounded by the media, but at least she won't have to deal with this too.
OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
There is no world where any of this is in Navy's best interest. Republicans are harping on it because they think it will hurt Biden, Biden is "publicly acknowledging for the first time" to prevent it from being a drain on that same campaign.
We don't know any of the interpersonal relationships at work here and certainly what is "publicly acknowledged" now vs in December 2024 is not going to cause psychological harm to a 4 year old.
Openmindedskeptic@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 3y
Did we time travel? Are we now in Victorian England where an out-of-wedlock grandchild is some kind of scandal?? LOL
AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
sndmn@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 3y
This is not at all political. Try harder.
utopianfiat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Who, and I cannot stress this enough, cares?
MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
I have no fantasys about Biden. He's old money, and more conservative than I would like. This "news" is in line with my perception of him. Idc.
evilthecat13@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 3y
How does this impact politics exactly?
TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
As long as he didn't mention her, the media kept at him for not mentioning her. You don't think this would be a GOP talking point to besmirch his character during the next election?
Oh, yeah, Desantis already did...
https://gazette.com/news/wex/desantis-takes-shot-at-biden-for-ignoring-seventh-grandchild-acknowledge-she-exists/article_8365d687-74a8-52d4-bf68-3a4f3eec7e64.html
And here's this one:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/politics/hunter-biden-daughter-arkansas.html
Quote from NY Times: "The story surrounding the president’s grandchild in Arkansas, who has not yet met her father or her grandfather, is about money, corrosive politics and what it means to have the Biden birthright."
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1515949/joe-biden-hunter-granddaughter-never-met-paternity/
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-strategist-scolds-biden-not-recognizing-seventh-grandchild-humanity
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-shuts-down-question-unacknowledged-biden-granddaughter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/joe-biden-ignores-grandchild-fathered-by-hunter-biden
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/24/biden-supporters-struggle-to-square-refusal-to-recognize-granddaughter/70426426007/
https://nypost.com/2023/05/02/bidens-refusal-to-recognize-hunter-daughter-questioned-at-wh-briefing/
evilthecat13@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 3y
GOP talking points are worthless đŸ˜‚
handhookcardoor@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
They are worthless, but they seem to work sometimes for the idiots of the country.
TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
And yet somehow Trump got elected. Half of the country was gleefully chanting "lock her up!" and ignoring "I like to grab 'em by the pussy". because "that's just locker room talk." His base will listen to everything he says and ignore what they don't want. Taking away fuel from his fire is important. Unless you want round two of hurricane Trump in Washington.
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y