Washington Examiner / Magazine
December 11, 2024 Issue
December 11, 2024 Print Edition
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Joe Biden has leveled the moral high ground for his son’s benefit and possibly his own
It is an all-too-familiar story: A president is pursued by his political enemies who target his family and use deep-state actors to engage in lawfare. That was the narrative last week, but it was not coming from President-elect Donald Trump. The victim of what the White House press secretary called “war politics” is none other than President Joe Biden. The president's epiphany that lawfare is real and he is the victim came after he decided to pardon his own son. This act shattered not only every ethical principle of his office but also every promise he made to the public. He explained that the reason was not him but "them." The president suggested that his own Justice Department was part of a political hit job against his family. Biden blamed his “political opponents” for the...

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