I’ve lost good friends, including my best friend, to addiction. I’ve lost a brother and a child. I’m coming up on ten years sober, and I know plenty of other people who’ve conquered their demons, so I know they are success stories, too. I hope Hunter Biden will be a success story. I don’t even want to contemplate Joe Biden having to bury another child. But now he has to cope with his last remaining son being a convicted felon who could conceivably go to jail if the judge isn’t merciful. It’s too much pain, and it upsets me. I don’t think Hunter should have been prosecuted. I think he should have been granted a plea agreement, paid some fines, done some community service, and spent some time on probation. His crimes were committed during a dark time in his life when he was mourning the death of his brother, and he’s turned things around.
But the plea agreement was tossed out by a Trump-appointed judge, he was convicted on gun charges, and he’s still facing tax charges in California. I don’t think similarly situated people would be getting this kind of treatment from the Department of Justice, but at least he really did commit the crimes. I can’t complain about the jury or argue that the trial was rigged.
I think I know how President Biden feels.
He absolutely could have intervened to protect his son, but he didn’t because that would be an abuse of power. He could have questioned the decision to prosecute his son and suggested it was done for purely political reasons, but he doesn’t want to denigrate the American system of justice. So, he takes this tragedy with a stiff upper lip and respects the judicial process.
Don’t let anyone argue that Biden uses the Department of Justice inappropriately or as a weapon against his political opponents. He just showed you that the opposite is true. What better demonstration of that truth can you imagine?
Now imagine how Trump will act if he’s reelected.
