Biden Swipes At Rudy’s ‘Inappropriate’ Ukraine Trip: ‘It’s Sort Of Giuliani’s Style’

on November 1, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 01: Former vice president Joe Biden speaks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on November 1, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Biden addressed the consequences of U.S. disengagement from worl... CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 01: Former vice president Joe Biden speaks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on November 1, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Biden addressed the consequences of U.S. disengagement from world leadership at the event. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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2020 Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden took a swipe at Rudy Giuliani in an interview published on Tuesday after the President’s lawyer almost traveled to Ukraine to push the government to open an investigation into his son, Hunter Biden.

“It’s sort of Giuliani’s style and this administration,” Biden told New Hampshire local station WMUR. “It is inappropriate. Unrelated to me, it’s just inappropriate to send your lawyer to a foreign government to try to get them to do something that has no bearing except to try to embarrass.”

Last week, Giuliani announced he was traveling to Ukraine to convince officials to investigate whether Biden had used his position as vice president to shield his son’s business dealings from legal scrutiny. He then cancelled the trip a few days later, bizarrely claiming that the meeting was a “set up.”

Biden defended his son from any suggestions of impropriety, saying he has “faith in him.”

“There was no communication with my office,” said Biden. “We never once spoke about it.”

Over the weekend, Biden’s campaign called Giuliani’s Ukraine plan a “blatantly political smear.”

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  1. I guess Joe is waiting for Giuliani to have an epiphany.

  2. Describing Ghouliani’s “style” as “inappropriate” is the most mildest way of saying “mobbed-up” I’ve heard lately.

  3. “inappropriate” is elbows on the table at dinner time.

    Giuliani isn’t inappropriate, he’s abhorrent

  4. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Way too harsh, Joe.

  5. It is going to be fun to watch Biden slap Giuliani and Trump around all summer.

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