4. the check is in the mail 5. I won't...
Posted on 09/29/2019 8:37:58 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
With evidence suggesting that Hunter Biden’s dealings in Ukraine posed a conflict of interest for his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, some Biden defenders are deploying talking points meant to deflect from the troubling facts. But some of these talking points – regularly repeated in the news media – do not hold up to a fact check.
Here are three talking points being used to defend the Bidens:
Point 1: There was an “absolute wall” between Hunter Biden’s business and Vice President Biden.
At a campaign stop last month, Joe Biden claimed to have an “absolute wall” between himself and his family’s business. He said: “There will be an absolute wall between personal and private [business interests] and the government.... That’s why I never talked with my son or my brother or anyone else – even distant family – about their business interests. Period.”
Biden’s “absolute wall” clearly has holes. In an interview with The New Yorker earlier this year, Hunter recalled discussing his work at Burisma, a controversial Ukrainian natural gas company, with his father on at least one occasion.
On a separate occasion, Devon Archer – Hunter’s longtime business partner and fellow Burisma director – met privately with Vice President Biden at the White House hours after first receiving payment from Burisma. While in office, Vice President Biden was certainly aware of Hunter’s role at Burisma, because his office was specifically asked in 2014 about the potential conflict of interest. A spokesperson for vice president’s office defended Hunter’s right to do business in Ukraine as “a private citizen and a lawyer."
Apparently, the potential conflict with U.S. foreign policy wasn’t sufficient reason to reign Hunter in. In fact, the younger Biden didn’t step down from Burisma until earlier this year – when it...
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Point 2: The Burisma investigation doesn’t represent a conflict of interest for Joe Biden.
Point 3: This is all a phony scandal being stirred up by Trump’s allies.
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#4 And the moon is made of green cheese..
All about equally plausible.
Not any questions that my first glimpse of Joe Biden didn't raise.
I guess some of us just catch on quicker than others.
Walls don’t work.
Another worthless Democrat wall. Let’s see the loopholes.
Another worthless Democrat wall. Let’s see the loopholes.
4. the check is in the mail 5. I won't...
“Swampman Joe Biden", aka “Quid Pro Joe.”
HOORAY Peter Schweizer, Jacob McLeod. All in all, you’re just another prick in the wall, GROPER.
The longer democrat keep Biden in - the better it is for us... Citizens know about ‘sons of the corrupt powerful’ getting kickbacks ... even in flyover we’ve seen versions of that... Biden’s toast. But for God’s sake leave him in long enough to discredit and take back the House.
Agreed!
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