Biden (for the first time publicly) openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman

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Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
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I'm sure he doesn't want to draw further attention to poor Hunter, who is persecuted for no reason by Republicans, and perhaps cause his granddaughter to be harmed.

But for her sake, at least he's acknowledging her. Imagine growing up and being called the one that grandpa wouldn't mention. This removes that from her, which I think is important, and I hope he at least recognized.

Also true, you are correct. I just fear for that child because the Republicans are so weirdly obsessed with Hunter.

She probably will be hounded by the media, but at least she won't have to deal with this too.

There is no world where any of this is in Navy's best interest. Republicans are harping on it because they think it will hurt Biden, Biden is "publicly acknowledging for the first time" to prevent it from being a drain on that same campaign.

We don't know any of the interpersonal relationships at work here and certainly what is "publicly acknowledged" now vs in December 2024 is not going to cause psychological harm to a 4 year old.

Did we time travel? Are we now in Victorian England where an out-of-wedlock grandchild is some kind of scandal?? LOL

This is not at all political. Try harder.

I have no fantasys about Biden. He's old money, and more conservative than I would like. This "news" is in line with my perception of him. Idc.

How does this impact politics exactly?

GOP talking points are worthless 😂

They are worthless, but they seem to work sometimes for the idiots of the country.

And yet somehow Trump got elected. Half of the country was gleefully chanting "lock her up!" and ignoring "I like to grab 'em by the pussy". because "that's just locker room talk." His base will listen to everything he says and ignore what they don't want. Taking away fuel from his fire is important. Unless you want round two of hurricane Trump in Washington.

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