Victor Davis Hanson: Democratic Party is starting to see the Bidens as a 'liability'

AMERICANS. IT MAKES SWEEPING COKE UNDER THE RUG CHILD'S PLAY. VICTOR JOINS ME NOW. IT IS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. YOU HAVE FOLLOWED ADMINISTRATIONS FOR MANY DECADES. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMEONE IN POWER OR SOMEONE'S FAMILY AND POWER BEHAVE SUCH IMPUNITY? >> I HAVE NOT. WE HAD DONALD NIXON, ROGER CLINTON, BILLY CARTER, BUT THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICE KNEW THE PROBLEM SO THEY DIDN'T BRING THEM INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS IS UNUSUAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. I DON'T WANT TO PASS JUDGMENT UNTIL I HAVE THE FACTS, BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT HUNTER BIDEN HAS LOST A FIREARM HE ILLEGALLY REGISTERED OR THAT HE LEFT A CRACK PIPE IN A CAR THAT HE RENTED, YOU WOULD THINK THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD GO ON ANY LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY, DISPEL ANY TRANSITION, BUT THEY CANNOT GET THE DATE RIGHT. THEY SAY HE WAS NOT THERE FRIDAY, WE KNOW HE WAS. THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO INVOKE THE HATCH ACT. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO, SAY NO, NO FAMILY MEMBER HAD COCAINE AND THEY WON'T DO THAT. ALL THEY DO IS INCREASE THE SUSPICION AND THE STORY BECOMES A FORCE MULTIPLIER OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE WHISTLE-BLOWERS FROM THE IRS, THE FBI AND THE DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE PAYOFF AND AT SOME POINT, THEY ARE LIKE THE STRAW ON A CAMEL'S BACK. THEY BECOME BURDENSOME. YOU CANNOT DEAL WITH THEM AND THEY ARE STARTING TO DO THAT NOW. THEY GIVE A PICTURE OF A CORRUPT FAMILY AND A SON THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL AND BELONGS SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE, BUT NOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. HE CANNOT BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WHY IS HE THERE? IS JOE BIDEN AFRAID HE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY BUSINESS OR HIS OWN PROBLEMS? IT IS NOT A NARRATIVE OF FATHERLY LOVE. IT IS SOMETHING VERY STRANGE BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN PROBLEMATIC MEMBERS OF A PRESIDENTIAL FAMILY SHOWCASE AND THE CENTER OF THE POWER OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. >> THE STORY, IT IS FUN TO TALK ABOUT BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT LOST COCAINE. IT IS ABOUT A FAMILY THAT ACTS WITH IMPUNITY AND LARGER THAN THAT, A POLITICAL MOVEMENT THAT INEVITABLY IS GUILTY OF THE SINS OF WHICH THEY ACCUSE OTHERS. THIS IS LIKE EVERYTHING THEY EVER ACCUSED OR IMPLIED WAS THE TRUMPS, IN REALITY, IS THE BIDENS. >> IT IS A CLASSIC CASE OF PROJECTION. JOE BIDEN TOURS THE COUNTRY AND LECTURES AMERICANS THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE AND THAT POSES THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THE LAVISH LIFESTYLES OF THE BIDENS VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT WERE REPORTED. THEY DON'T MATCH, SO DON'T LECTURE US ABOUT THAT. YOU TALK ABOUT DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY, EVERYBODY HAS TO BE EQUAL UNDER THE LAW. WE SAW WITH HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS TAX EXPOSURE, WE SAW WITH HIS FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND WE DON'T GET THE NORMAL QUESTIONS THAT APPLY TO ANYONE ELSE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. EVERYONE GETS TO THE POINT WHERE WHY DON'T THE BIDENS FOLLOW THE LAW LIKE EVERY OTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN AND THE FACT THEY DON'T AND THEY LECTURE EVERYBODY ABOUT THEIR SINS IS TOO MUCH TO TAKE. THE REPORTERS ARE STARTING TO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, ASK QUESTIONS, IT SUGGESTS THE LEFT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS STARTING TO SEE THIS FAMILY AS A LIABILITY. >> THEY CONSTANTLY SCREAM NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. WE HAVE AN

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Length: 4min 28sec (268 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 08 2023