You might think that Republicans would be thrilled that there’s now a convicted felon in the Biden family, but it’s still not enough for them. From wanting to take down the rest of the “Biden crime family” to calling Hunter’s conviction a Justice Department ploy to make it look like there’s not a “two-tiered system of justice,” the GOP is still angry and thirsting for revenge for Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felonies.
Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, who can’t stop hilariously failing to impeach President Joe Biden, kicks it off with a tweet:
Comer’s commentary reflects the sentiments of the Trump campaign.
“Crooked Joe Biden’s reign over the Biden Family Criminal Empire is all coming to an end on November 5th, and never again will a Biden sell government access for personal profit. As for Hunter, we wish him well in his recovery and legal affairs,” a Trump campaign spokesperson said in a statement.
But it wasn’t long until the campaign retracted its statement and reissued it without the well wishes for Hunter.
The “Biden crime family” and demands for prosecutions are a major theme among the GOP.
“Now, it’s time to bring Hunter and the Biden Crime Family to justice for the allegations of influence peddling,” Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina tweeted.
“Hunter Biden’s firearm conviction is simply a smokescreen,” says Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana. “What I’m concerned about is how Joe, Hunter, and James Biden have been enriching themselves by trading away America’s interests to our enemies.”
On the other hand, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is accusing the DOJ for not prosecuting Hunter hard enough.
“Never forget DOJ tried to avoid this trial & verdict by giving Hunter a sweetheart plea deal. Until the judge exposed them,” he tweeted.
Then there’s the conspiracy theorists, like Stephen Miller, who accused the DOJ of “running election interference for Joe Biden.”
“That’s why DOJ did NOT charge Hunter with being an unregistered foreign agent (FARA) or any crime connected with foreign corruption. Why? Because all the evidence would lead back to JOE,” he tweeted.
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, added to that, tweeting: “And yet Dems will now point to Hunter’s conviction as evidence that ‘there’s no lawfare.’”
But Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia takes the cake for political paranoia:
There’s no small amount of cognitive dissonance about the rule of law in this crowd. Like Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, who intoned that “today’s verdict is a step towards ensuring equal application of the law, regardless of one’s last name.”
Except, of course, for the equal application of the law to someone named Trump.
“The fix was in for this fake ‘trial’ – the George Soros-backed DA and a leftist judge worked to tilt the scales of justice against President Trump,” Smith tweeted.
Then there’s the pathetic toadying for Trump from Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good.
“Hunter Biden is convicted of an actual crime. Donald Trump was railroaded by a political prosecutor and a biased judge,” Good tweeted.
Trump has endorsed Good’s primary opponent.
Yet no one in the GOP is complaining about a “rigged jury” or a “corrupt judge” in Hunter’s conviction. And neither are the Democrats.
“I’ve not heard a single Democrat anywhere in the country cry fraud, cry, fixed, cry, rigged, cry, kangaroo court or any of the many epithets that our colleagues have mobilized against the U.S. Department of Justice and our federal court system,” Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said.
Similarly, Biden has responded to the conviction with a dignified and loving statement in support of his son.
“Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today,” Biden said. “So many families who have had loved ones battle addiction understand the feeling of pride seeing someone you love come out the other side and be so strong and resilient in recovery.”
As for the verdict?
“I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal,” Biden said.
Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records on May 30. What are potential voters saying about this historic news? And what is the Biden-Harris campaign doing now that the “teflon Don” is no more?
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