Rightwing politicians repeat unfounded theories that gun trial verdict is a ‘distraction’ from worse Biden crimes

Rightwing politicians repeat unfounded theories that gun trial verdict is a ‘distraction’ from worse Biden crimes

Republicans responded to Hunter Biden’s conviction on Tuesday of lying about his drug use to buy a gun by doubling down on conspiracy theories that many senior party figures have been using to try and damage his president father.

Despite the fact that Joe Biden’s son could now face a hefty jail sentence, Donald Trump’s election campaign and its surrogates repeated unfounded attack lines that the conviction was part of a conspiracy to deflect attention from more serious crimes and represented the use of the Department of Justice (DoJ) as a political weapon.

Republicans have long sought to use Hunter Biden’s woes and business dealings as a political weapon against Biden, ignoring the fact that Trump himself is also now a convicted felon whose own business empire has been fined hundreds of millions of dollars for fraudulent practises.

That tactic continued in the wake of Hunter’s guilty verdict.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      5 months ago

      But it did go their way, they’re just pissed because the timing of when it went their way totally undermines their talking points about Trump and his trial.

      • Franklin@lemmy.world
        5·
        5 months ago

        Yeah sorry I should have been more clear that’s what I meant, but it didn’t go exactly the way they imagined in their head

        • MagicShel@programming.dev
          5·
          5 months ago

          Are you saying your initial comment didn’t go your way? That sounds like a false flag operation! The enemy is inside your brain!