Posted on 01/11/2020 9:34:59 AM PST by jazusamo
Former Second Lady Jill Biden is hitting back at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) after he made the comment that former Vice President Joe Biden has too much political "baggage" that makes it hard to excite voters.
According to Jill, Sanders' comments are "ridiculous."
But the biggest issue she has? Democrats attacking fellow Democrats, including her husband.
"Joe has been under attack because he's doing so well. And I don't like it that Democrats attack other Democrats. We're in this race against Donald Trump. We're not against any of the other Democrats," the former second lady told CNN. "As I travel around the country people are saying to me, 'Jill, we don't like it, that the Democrats are attacking one another,' and I agree with that."
Joe Biden has been under attack from both Democrats and Republicans alike, but for different reasons. Democrats are upset that Biden is so moderate. While many see this as a negative, Jill sees it as a positive and an opportunity to garner support from independents.
"Democrats can't win without Independent support A lot of people say, 'You know, I voted for Trump last time, but I'm sorry I did it.' And they said, 'I want to vote for someone who is pragmatic, who's a moderate, who's reasonable, who can achieve things.' And, and that's my husband," she explained. "So, I think people want someone [who's] a moderate, who can appeal to Democrats, Independents and Republicans."
Republicans, on the other hand, are disgusted by the nepotism that took place, especially in Ukraine. While Biden was vice president, he handled international relations with Ukraine on behalf of the Obama administration. At the same time, his son, Hunter, was being paid $50,000 to $83,000 per month to sit on the board of Burisma, a corrupt Ukrainian gas company, despite having no natural energy experience.
Part of the Bidens' campaign strategy is to conquer and divide. Joe goes one way and Jill goes another way to cover more ground and to talk to more people. She's risen as one of the former vice president's strongest surrogates on the campaign trail. But it's a role that she's had over the last 42 years of their marriage.
"Joe and I've been married for 42 years. This is how we've always done things. I've campaigned in every election. I go one way, he goes the other way, and so we can cover more ground and talk to more people," she explained "He's always supported my career. And this is a critical time for me to support him because, you know, I want change. I want a new president."
The former second lady said her family was prepared to take on President Donald Trump but their longtime experience in politics has allowed to "buil[d] up a resilience" to whatever is launched at her.
"We knew Donald Trump was going to be a difficult opponent, that he was never going to play fair. And so I think we were ready for whatever was going to come our way," she said. "I've been in this business for 42 years, so I think I have built up a resilience to whatever comes my way...I think it's important to be positive about it and move forward in a positive direction."
The Bidens are having a rough time for a number of reasons. For one, Joe has been in politics for more than 40 years. He's the definition of a career politician and that's something that people absolutely hate. He's also a moderate, which upsets the Democratic Party's base. And then there's the Ukraine scandal. The American people can only endure so much of a politician before they want change. And Joe Biden embodies the status quo.
She doesn’t mind him fondling children. Small wonder she has no objection to his graft.
“Baggage? No, that’s EXPERIENCE.”
Well said. That doesn’t bother her a bit and that’s also sick.
Want a person who can "achieve things"? She's insane. We've got a POTUS who is "achieving things" like no other POTUS in our lifetimes. Her layabout, lazy husband has accomplished exactly ZERO in his entire miserable existence. Why would a normal person ever believe a lifetime bureaucrat from the Senate and VP could ever achieve things? All he EVER learned to do was go along to get along.
Yeah, you never saw that when Bernie was running against the Hilldebeest.
Didn't his old boss prattle on about "Hope and Change" a few years ago? What sort of "Change" do you get by hiring a guy is older than Methuselah?
Jill Biden is a creep.
Does anyone think this woman does not know how her husband and son are?
And she is trying to inflict them on the rest of us, so she can sponge power and prestige.
Jill Biden can go to Hell.
Gee, I don’t know how a person that has lived the last 40 years of her life on vacation could be out of touch.
Hunter goes down.
Biden becomes rat party face of dirtbags.
Can’t survive much longer.
“She doesn’t mind him fondling children. Small wonder she has no objection to his graft”.
She’s an enabler like Hitlery.
Agreed. At one time, I felt sorry for her, but not any longer.
”And then he can become a raving lunatic after he gets elected.”
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On a related note, here’s Joe Biden tasting something else.
Love is blind- but she even said in an interview that when she was dating him- she found him creepy- odd-
“EXCLUSIVE: ‘He was always holding my hand, putting his arm around me, brushing the hair from my face.’ Jill Biden admits Joe - and his VERY handsy family - made her feel ‘strange and uncomfortable’ when they first began dating in new memoir”
Now apparently she just ignores it
Sanders is right on this issue... waaaaay too much baggage.
She can’t be THAT stupid.....
She certainly knows how to turn a blind eye to the things he has done/is doing. Touching women, Hunter and so on....
His money must be what keeps her around as an enabler as well as being willfully ignorant.
Pretty sad.
The slob that wrote this article conveniently “forgets” that Slow-Joe has been involved in politics since the 1960s. They make it sound like he didn’t do anything political until 1980-ish. I’m sure it’s an effort to make him look younger on orders from the DNC.
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