I understand the point of this piece but I feel it is misplaced. For better or worse, Joe Biden is a public figure, and as a public figure of high stature, family comes second to duty. If he felt his son was more important than the Oval Office, he should never have run for president in the first place. Which would have been a fine and su…
I understand the point of this piece but I feel it is misplaced. For better or worse, Joe Biden is a public figure, and as a public figure of high stature, family comes second to duty. If he felt his son was more important than the Oval Office, he should never have run for president in the first place. Which would have been a fine and supportable decision.
But he did run, and he won. And as a public figure, he needs to publicly denounce that level of corruption, no matter who it comes from.
Call me a bit jaded because every member of Trump’s family got dragged through the mud for far less serious offenses by the mainstream media, but I find this “Joe Biden is just a family man who cares about his son” to be kind of crap. We would not have this same level of sensitivity if this was Eric Trump who did this.
Appreciate the insight and love the article and am happy to be a subscriber, but I have to disagree with you on this one.
Not every member of Trump's family got dragged through the mud for far less offenses. That's a bad faith argument. Members of the Trump family, including himself wife, daughter and son in law held official positions in his administration and all have been heavily enriched financially from their positions.
I don't recall the media giving Tiffany and Barron Trump a hard time. Hunter has issues, is a problem and I also wish he didn't get invited to state dinners, but he doesn't have a job in the administration, and doesn't represent the government. Nor has he enriched himself since his father has been in office.
If Eric Trump did this you're probably right that we would be harder on him, since the entire Trump family has a history of corruption and Trump himself had been trying to tear down the pillars of democracy in our country. Outside of publicly saying his son's actions were wrong, what more would you like him to do so that Hunter is properly admonished?
No one tore down the pillars of our democracy. Trump was a sore loser who should have been impeached, but never seriously threatened the sovereignty of the USA.
And that’s entirely irrelevant to whether Joe Biden should publicly admonish his son.
I understand the point of this piece but I feel it is misplaced. For better or worse, Joe Biden is a public figure, and as a public figure of high stature, family comes second to duty. If he felt his son was more important than the Oval Office, he should never have run for president in the first place. Which would have been a fine and supportable decision.
But he did run, and he won. And as a public figure, he needs to publicly denounce that level of corruption, no matter who it comes from.
Call me a bit jaded because every member of Trump’s family got dragged through the mud for far less serious offenses by the mainstream media, but I find this “Joe Biden is just a family man who cares about his son” to be kind of crap. We would not have this same level of sensitivity if this was Eric Trump who did this.
Appreciate the insight and love the article and am happy to be a subscriber, but I have to disagree with you on this one.
Not every member of Trump's family got dragged through the mud for far less offenses. That's a bad faith argument. Members of the Trump family, including himself wife, daughter and son in law held official positions in his administration and all have been heavily enriched financially from their positions.
I don't recall the media giving Tiffany and Barron Trump a hard time. Hunter has issues, is a problem and I also wish he didn't get invited to state dinners, but he doesn't have a job in the administration, and doesn't represent the government. Nor has he enriched himself since his father has been in office.
If Eric Trump did this you're probably right that we would be harder on him, since the entire Trump family has a history of corruption and Trump himself had been trying to tear down the pillars of democracy in our country. Outside of publicly saying his son's actions were wrong, what more would you like him to do so that Hunter is properly admonished?
No one tore down the pillars of our democracy. Trump was a sore loser who should have been impeached, but never seriously threatened the sovereignty of the USA.
And that’s entirely irrelevant to whether Joe Biden should publicly admonish his son.