Joe Biden’s whole presidency has been built on untruths. We were led to believe, for instance, that since 2021 the Commander-in-Chief has been fit and well enough to serve, when everybody could see that he was not.
So the latest proof-of-dishonesty over the pardoning of Hunter Biden comes as no great surprise. Of course, Joe was going to grant clemency to his errant and only living son. He just pretended he wouldn’t all year for electoral reasons.
The maudlin love of the father used to dress up the presidential deceit
‘I believe in the justice system,’ said the president in a statement. ‘But as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice.’
‘I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,’ Biden said in his statement.
There it is. The maudlin love of the father used to dress up the presidential deceit.
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