"It is hurtful": Biden speaks of the attacks on him and son Hunter

[RandySF]

Joe Biden, who has been criticized by some in his party for his willingness to promote bipartisan bonhomie, offered some of his most extensive comments Thursday on the toll taken by the harsh Republican criticism of him and his son Hunter.

Referring to President Trump, Biden said on ABC’s “The View,” “I would like to be able to be back in high school and just have he and I in a room.”

“But all kidding aside, here’s the deal,” he added. “It is hurtful, particularly when guys like Lindsey Graham, who is a friend of mine, do these things.”

Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina, is a longtime Biden friend who in recent weeks has spoken of investigating Hunter Biden’s role as a board member of a Ukrainian company while Joe Biden was coordinating Ukraine policy for the Obama administration.

Biden, when asked if he still considered Graham a friend, said it was important not to hold grudges. “We’ve got to heal,” he said, adding he would not attack Trump’s children. “That’s not how we were raised.”




https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/it-is-hurtful-biden-speaks-of-the-attacks-on-him-and-son-hunter/2020/02/13/f8231568-4e86-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Maybe it's time to end these so-called "friendships," which, obviously, don't work

with deplorables like Lindsey Graham, and try taking a new "FUCK YOU TOO" approach!! It's worth a shot... time to play HARDBALL with these motherfuckers, which is EXACTLY how these Rethug fascists treat us!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Blue_true]

7. I agree. We need to aggressively go after Trump and his enablers.

Friends don't purposely hurt friends.

[denem]

9. Republicans have no honor. They are not your friends Joe.

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And with the possible exception of John McCain, they never were.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. You'd think Joe would've realized this by NOW!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[denem]

12. Sometimes I wonder if he is just playing dumb or ...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. I don't know, Joe's a pretty smart, savvy politician...he MUST know the game Rethugs are playin.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[denem]

14. Well IMO, the only "epiphany" a Republican is likely to have

is when they are in handcuffs.

[George II]

2. It was a great show this morning - he was on almost the entire hour, which is unusual.

[MontanaFarmer]

3. I'm sure it is hurtful,

especially given how protective Biden must be of hunter after all the loss he's suffered in his life. Trump is such a fucker, and he's got an entire political party willing to abet his assholish behavior. It's disgusting. Fuck them. Go Joe!

[FloridaBlues]

4. I'm sure deep inside all the Bidens they are seething with anger

But probably not a great idea to go over the top in expressing anger when running for President.

[Love-All]

5. Why doesn't Hunter just call a press conference and stand up to Trump?!?

Time to man up and stop hiding. Does Trump think he's the only businessman around?

Trump won't even release his taxes!

[RandySF]

10. Sure

Put a guy in front of the national press who’s not accustomed to the spotlight and see what the media and Republicans do the moment he misspeaks or incorrectly recalls a detail.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

15. Been sayin the Bidens have zero to hide so face the media, answer questions &shoot down the lies

being circulated by tRumpy The Clown and his band of Rethug henchmen, once and for all... it's a no-brainer and could even boost Joe's steadily declining poll numbers!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Bayard]

16. I think he'd be better off writing an op-ed

Get the facts out there, without interference.

[LAS14]

6. "It's hurtful" is not a good response. He shouldn't empower Trump to hurt him. nt

[aikoaiko]

8. I kind of feel bad for Joe. I think he really believed that rational Republicans would emerge

if given the chance and they are showing him that its not going to happen.

[bonniebgood]

17. Joe you maybe a friend of Lindsey but Lindsey is no friend of your. Way to go Joe with

knife to a gun fight. Turn the other cheek answers. and you wonder why your poll numbers are going down the toilet.
Joe knows well that if you want a friend in Washington is to get a dog. You will NEVER hear a republican call a democrat a
"friend of mine"

[Act_of_Reparation]

18. Probably should have seen it coming.

Seeing as the GOP has been attacking Democrats' children since at least the early 1990s.