Posted on 09/17/2022 10:16:31 AM PDT by george76
One Ohio Democrat is taking the idea of running away from the unpopular Joe Biden to a whole new level.
In a virtual town hall on Tuesday, Ohio Democrat David Esrati accused the president of corruption and called his son Hunter Biden a "dope fiend."
"I know I'm a Democrat and everything, but do you want to tell me what Joe Biden's done since he got elected when he was 27 years old?" said Esrati, the Democratic nominee for Ohio's 10th Congressional District. "How does he own all those houses? How is he worth what he's worth? I mean, yeah, a book deal here or there, but no, something isn't right about going in and serving your country and getting to be a multimillionaire."
Vulnerable Democratic House and Senate candidates across the country have distanced themselves from the president ahead of the midterm elections, portraying themselves to voters as independent and bipartisan politicians who aren't afraid to challenge Biden on policy. But of Democratic congressional candidates' criticism of Biden this cycle, Esrati's fiery rebuke is unprecedented in its hostility.
Esrati, who made the comments during a livestream in which he responded to chat messages, suggested that Biden became wealthy through inside knowledge he used to be successful in stock trading.
"We need to fix this," Esrati said, "and at least say, ‘No, you can't trade. You can't give advice to anybody on trades. And if you get caught, you're going to prison.'"
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The candidate went after Biden's son after a viewer suggested the president got rich off "kickbacks from Hunter's dirty dealings."
"Hunter's not smart enough to do dealings to make that kind of money," Esrati said. "He had the houses before, when Hunter was still just a regular old dope fiend."
Esrati is a long shot for the southwestern Ohio district, which FiveThirtyEight rates "Solid Republican."
Ohio's Democratic Senate candidate, Tim Ryan, has also worked to distance his campaign from the Biden administration while taking a subtler tack. A spokeswoman for Ryan told the Washington Post the campaign has no plans to invite Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris to events.
Among swing-state Democrats who have criticized Biden, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D., N.H.) has been prolific in attacking the president's policies. The senator has promised to "stand up to the Biden administration" on border security, criticized Biden's student debt forgiveness plan, and slammed the president for his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
If elected he would forget everything he said.
A REAL UNICORN....ONE HONEST DEMOCRAT!
Biden and son are corrupt, dopes, and fiends.
Moreover, they’re no-good people.
Dang, he’s to the right of 80% of putative Republicans.
> Ohio Democrat David Esrati accused the president of corruption and called his son Hunter Biden a “dope fiend.” <
How many days before the FBI and the IRS pounce on this guy?
He’s been given permission to do this by Pelosi. Anything is permissible if it will enable her to stay on the Speaker’s throne.
Kudos to David Esrati. How long before Dems put him on the persona non grata list.
So’s 80% of the US Congress.
Why on earth did I ever think that if I posted the same thing, it would be the first such post?
Good catch.
Look closely; it’s a hologram.
Only up to election day.
Old news but correct. Hunter arrested in 4, 3, 2, 27, 109, 642...
Never ever trust a RAT. The lie to get elected and then they become who they really are.
Tim Ryan says he’s bipartisan but he’s voted with Nancy pelosi 100% of the time even though he’s threatened not to vote for her as SOTH. Lyin’ Ryan
So bad mouth Biden hoping you will get elected,then you can vote against his polocies and it won’t make a difference because your democrat compatriots will vote for them.
We need republicans to stop him
Too little, too late. Nice try. Same credibility as a Demwit claiming to be against Defund the Police.
Tell us something we don’t know.
Aint got a chance in hell of getting elected so he will say anything he wants.
He will either take back all he said after, or he will be clipped.
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