Former Vice President Joe Biden’s sister isn’t happy about President Donald Trump’s attempt to dig up dirt on her brother and nephew Hunter, an effort that led to the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
Valerie Biden Owens, Biden’s sister and one of his political advisers, called Trump “unhinged” during a meet-and-greet with voters in South Carolina Tuesday, according to a Buzzfeed News report.
When asked how her brother is handling the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry — which was spurred by Trump’s infamous July call during which he tried to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky into manufacturing bogus allegations against the Democratic frontrunner — Biden Owens said that “he does better than I do with it.”
“It’s not pleasant. But Trump has really laid out all of his cards,” Biden Owens said. “This is really not about my family. He has chosen my family to be the vehicle that he can [use to] influence the election.”
Biden Owens said that she does not “want to be in this scrum,” but that one part that is “hopeful to me, or makes me feel good, is that Trump thinks that we’re the guy to beat.”
“It’s perverse, it’s backwards. But he’s coming after us,” Biden Owens said, directly referencing Trump’s call last week for the Chinese government to investigate the Bidens. “I don’t want to protest too much, but the press has done their job on this. We haven’t had to do it. There’s nothing there. Now it’s China. I mean, this guy’s unhinged.”
Read Buzzfeed News’ report here.
And Trump is a criminal, steeped in corruption.
Once Trump is no longer in the race (impeachment or resignation) the dynamics of the race will make a major shift… it probably will not be good for any of the top polling Dems.
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vicepresidential candidate Joe BidenFrom the little we have to go on from previous impeachments processes and the totally screwy nature of present day congressional investigations I think any estimates for the duration of the house investigation and senate trial are very imprecise. I tend to agree that if The Asshole is removed from office or resigns it is a better situation for repugs. In that case I think Biden might have a better chance than Warren. But if Voldemort does not resign and the senate does not remove him I think Warren would be better. Depends of course on the repugnant candidate. This kind of prognostication is not my thing …that´s why I read TPM … so it`s just a feeling. My own preference is that the admin delays and obstructs as they always do but in the end the House nails the investigation gaining the support of the american people. The Senate then fails to remove him, he refuses to resign and the voting public deliver a landslide defeat with coattail loses in the House and Senate.