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Jill Biden accuses press of double standard in coverage of husband and Trump
The Hill ^ | 7/17/2026 | Finya Swai

Posted on 07/19/2026 11:07:11 AM PDT by simpson96

Former first lady Jill Biden accused the media of applying a “double standard” in its coverage of her husband, former President Biden, when compared with President Trump.

While promoting her memoir last month, the former first lady was asked during a Q&A session about media coverage during her husband’s presidency. She said the former president would have been “excoriated” had he been responsible for much of what is happening under the current administration.

“You know, if Joe would have done any one of the things that are occurring now, I mean he would have been excoriated,” she told “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg, who moderated the discussion.

“But, you know, it’s just there, it’s like there’s a double standard. And that I don’t think is fair or was fair,” Biden added.

The former first lady also suggested the Biden administration could have done more to build stronger relationships with reporters at the time, saying she regretted not engaging with the press as much as she could have.

“Maybe we could have done more to reach out to the press to be more open so that they understood us as real people and not sort of these figureheads,” Biden said. “That’s one thing I do regret, that maybe we could have formed closer relationships.”

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KEYWORDS: grifter; jillbiden
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1 posted on 07/19/2026 11:07:11 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

She must have missed the ABC Sunday morning show today.


2 posted on 07/19/2026 11:11:16 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: simpson96

See you next Tuesday.


3 posted on 07/19/2026 11:14:02 AM PDT by KevinB (Nepotism = affirmative action for white people. )
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To: simpson96

Dr. Jill misses running the country.


4 posted on 07/19/2026 11:14:15 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: simpson96

She’s right about the double standard...just not in the way she thinks.


5 posted on 07/19/2026 11:16:14 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: simpson96

“excoriated”— ask Joe if he can spell or knows that word.


6 posted on 07/19/2026 11:16:25 AM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: KevinB

7 posted on 07/19/2026 11:16:34 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)
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To: simpson96

Hunter Biden for President


8 posted on 07/19/2026 11:26:35 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: simpson96

The press that hid his dementia and made up terms like cheap fakes to gaslight us all to protect Joe? Sure, okay Jill.


9 posted on 07/19/2026 11:27:08 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: simpson96

Like we don’t know there’s a double standard.


10 posted on 07/19/2026 11:30:24 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: simpson96

LOL LOL..the commie media PROTECTED her corrupt brain dead husband for FOUR YEARS..they knew he was NOT the President, they banked on it..they threw his sorry ass in a closet, connected a catheter to his bladder, and threw him some bread every now and then to keep him “Alive” while they imported 40+ million illegals to fulfill their agenda to transform America into a rat hole her ass needs to be behind bars along with her husband and the rest of his corrupt administration


11 posted on 07/19/2026 11:32:40 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Hate that, but that’s what her son, HUNTER, called her......UGH!!!


12 posted on 07/19/2026 11:36:14 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: simpson96

Cognitive dissonance, I believe it’s called.
Otherwise, bat-shit crazy leftist clown works too.


13 posted on 07/19/2026 11:43:29 AM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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She should be more furious at the comparisons between her and the black tranny that preceded her.


14 posted on 07/19/2026 11:43:37 AM PDT by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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15 posted on 07/19/2026 11:52:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel über alles.)
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As if there were any comparison between President Trump and Mr. Potato Head...


16 posted on 07/19/2026 11:55:39 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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17 posted on 07/19/2026 11:55:51 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel über alles.)
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To: simpson96

Double standard? If the press had reported the truth about Joe Biden, he would’ve been thrown out of politics long ago and Jill would never have been put on the pedestal that she demonstrably has grown so accustomed.


18 posted on 07/19/2026 11:56:19 AM PDT by drypowder
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Your husband has dementia Jill. You hid him in the basement. When he came out spoke he looked dazed and confused. The media said nothing.

Trump is out there everyday, traveling the globe, making speeches and all the media does is comment on his health.

She is right. There is a double standard.


19 posted on 07/19/2026 12:04:44 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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"Jill Biden accuses press of double standard in coverage of husband and Trump"

Spits coffee out of his mouth and teleports to the other side of the room and catches it in his mouth and swallows.... you don't wast good coffee but DAMMMMMMMMM!

20 posted on 07/19/2026 12:18:07 PM PDT by BFW
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