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Hunter Biden says he was 'hoping' for Trump attack during presidential debate
The Hill ^ | 06/03/21 10:01 AM EDT | BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO

Posted on 06/03/2021 11:41:01 AM PDT by RandFan

President Biden's son Hunter Biden says he was hoping former President Trump would attack him over his previous drug and alcohol abuse when Trump debated his father last year in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

"The one thing that I was hoping for was that attack from Donald Trump, because I knew my dad would answer from his heart," Biden said during a recent appearance on Donny Deutsch's podcast. "And I knew that my dad would answer in a way that would speak to the millions and millions of people that have somebody that they love, or they themselves, that has suffered from the disease of addiction."

Trump, during the first debate between the two candidates in September, claimed "Hunter got thrown out of the military. ... He was thrown out, dishonorably discharged, for cocaine use."

Joe Biden shot back in defense of his son.

"My son, like a lot of people, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem," Biden said. "He's overtaken it, he's fixed it, he's worked on it, and I'm proud of him."

Hunter Biden called Trump's attack on him "a gift" to his father's campaign and an opportunity to show his compassion and forgiveness.

"I knew in that instant that they handed me a gift to show everyone exactly who my dad was as a parent," he said. "My dad didn't say that my addiction was an excuse for anything."

Biden has spoken and written openly about his past drug and alcohol abuse since his father was elected president. In a memoir published earlier this year, Biden wrote that at one point in his life he was "so desperate for a drink that I couldn’t make the one-block walk between a liquor store and my apartment without uncapping the bottle to take a swig.”


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KEYWORDS: diddlinghunter; dnctalkingpoints; dopersrights; pedojoe; tds; theshill
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To: Az Joe
"There is something wrong with Biden and his family."

when you sell your soul to the devil i suspect there is a certain pressure to get the rest of the family to join in the fun.
21 posted on 06/03/2021 12:06:39 PM PDT by The Louiswu ((.....................insert tagline here.......................))
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To: PghBaldy
Trump does have a stupid habit of going after people in ways that make them sympathetic.

That, and when you apply a few thousand Democrat "journalists" to work on the problem of Trump's retaliatory attacks.

A kiddie-diddling doper-grifter like Humpher can only be "sympathetic" through the distorted lens of a Democrap Media Machine, on the job 24/7/365.

22 posted on 06/03/2021 12:08:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Pining_4_TX

It’s appalling but not unexpected. I tend to only read comments here or on PWIN (patriots.win).

Feel a lot better for it!


23 posted on 06/03/2021 12:33:33 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

“Donny Deutsch’s podcast”

They got the name wrong...

It’s “Donna Douchebag’s podcast”


24 posted on 06/03/2021 12:53:31 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: RandFan

“knew that my dad would answer in a way that would speak to the millions and millions of people “

he was wrong. America never got an ‘answer’ that spoke to millions, we got Daddy lying like a rug instead. Although he does continue to hide behind daddy’s skirts. Shady people are shady people, whether they use addiction as a convenient excuse or no. It might work on Daddy but it doesn’t work on the average person.


25 posted on 06/03/2021 1:45:52 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: RandFan

The Hill


26 posted on 06/04/2021 9:43:46 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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