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Mehdi Hasan grilled Hunter Biden on ways the latter undermined the presidency of former President Joe Biden, including his work history.

The post ‘You Did Undermine Your Dad’s Presidency!’ Mehdi Hasan Holds Hunter Biden’s Feet to Fire Over Business Dealings first appeared on Mediaite.

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[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] artyom@piefed.social -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The man’s effectively a nobody at this point, he’s old news and not politically relevant to anything going on.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -5 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

He's politically-relevant to the current state of the Democratic party, a fucked up election, and corruption of Joe Biden. Democrats repeatedly ignored his crimes and conflicts of interest as a nothingburger. Dems being tribalistic about "one of their own" instead of simply holding him accountable did them no favors.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well, I'm not surprised the point sailed over, but oh well.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

:rolls eyes: k, bub

[–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why should a political party take responsibility or control over someone who isn't on any of their ballots just because he's the family member of someone who is? Seems like a pretty dangerous thing to advocate for.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They don't have to take responsibility, they just have to stop defending him.

[–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Where did you see the Democratic party making it official party business to assume responsibility for Hunter Biden in order to defend him?

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

That's not what I said. Read again.

[–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 minutes ago

Disagree with how I read it all you like but I'm not far enough off from what you believe you must have said to avoid answering the question.

[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Biden and Hunter are old news. They’re not relevant to anything that’s going to matter to the current or future Democratic Party. Hunter especially is not relevant given he’s not even a politician. Whatever legal issues Hunter, the private citizen, has are between him and the court as far as I am concerned.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 2 hours ago

I disagree. The issue is not Hunter himself but the way Dems handled his situation.