Let's not forget that the first one out of the Devon Archer hearing and in front of the TV cameras was Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman, who said it was "preposterous" that a father wouldn't be interested in his son's business and that while Hunter Biden put his vice president father on the phone some 20 times during business meetings, it was just for Joe Biden to exchange niceties and talk about the weather. That's what the Democrats told us. Oh, and Beau Biden died.
Republicans say that Archer testified that Vice President Biden was "the brand" Hunter was selling and it saved Burisma from going under.
Now we have the Washington Post's Philip Bump weighing in with his analysis, and he says Archer said the exact opposite of what Republicans are claiming.
Analysis: This distills Devon Archer’s broader point: Hunter Biden wanted to give the impression he could bend Joe Biden’s will but, in private conversation, he said he couldn’t.https://t.co/OW28L8JM8V
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 3, 2023
Bump writes:
He said that Biden’s last name helped — and that Hunter Biden sought to give the impression he was leveraging Joe Biden in his role. But he also testified that Hunter Biden knew this was deceptive. Archer confirmed an email in which Hunter Biden discussed how to frame an announced trip by the then-vice president to Ukraine.
“The announcement of my guy’s” — his father’s — “upcoming travels should be characterized as part of our advice and thinking — but what he will say and do is out of our hands,” the email read. “In other words, it could be a really good thing or it could end up creating too great an expectation.”
This distills Archer’s broader point: Hunter Biden wanted to give the impression he could bend Joe Biden’s will but, in private conversation, he said he couldn’t.
The @washingtonpost has developed an AI chatbot called @pbump that generates the worst possible takes https://t.co/58p2oeFsPf
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) August 3, 2023
Put an actual unbiased reporter on it if you can find one
— Doggie Dad 🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@daveyjonz) August 3, 2023
If it was just an illusion, then why did he complain to his sister that he had to give dad half his income, and why did he negotiate 10 percent for the Big Guy?
— Just a guy from Jersey (@JakeGM65) August 3, 2023
That still doesn't answer the question of how a man like Hunter Biden managed to be placed on the Board of Directors drawing a huge salary from an International Energy Company like Burisma Holdings.
— Daniel Haug (@hauda01) August 3, 2023
Love the logic here. pic.twitter.com/2afNzq1CRz
— Vox Irrationalis (@NewBottleofWine) August 3, 2023
Why is the Post protecting the Biden crime family?
— Rooster (@Roostersbak) August 3, 2023
Ya'll get yourselves spinning on this one. He's getting impeached. End of story.
— truthflayer (@JAYVEZEE) August 3, 2023
So your defense of Biden is that he was just acting like he was taking bribes? Wow! Really? How can you simp for these corrupt folks?
— JDOG (@JDog83259) August 3, 2023
He got that Ukrainian prosecutor fired FFS.
— Rat Fink (@shmidtBC) August 3, 2023
And bragged about it afterward on stage … that was no illusion. And speaking of illusions …
CBS calls out Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman's lies on the Devon Archer testimony:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 3, 2023
"In fact, when you look at the transcript, what you see is that phrase 'illusion of access' is in Dan Goldman's question — it's actually NOT what Devon Archer testified to." pic.twitter.com/xBajOaKvnF
Indeed, the “illusion of access” phrase that so much of the media parroted this past week was a Democratic talking point https://t.co/UDxBiYeFlR
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) August 3, 2023
It seems that the Democrat/media strategy is to take any hint of corruption and pin it on Hunter and swear that Joe never had a hand in it. They're happy to throw Hunter under the bus to save Joe.
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