Blink and you missed it. The President FINALLY recognized his grandkid in a slimy statement snuck out Friday just as America started the weekend. Well, I noticed... and I won't let cynical old Joe get away with it
By Meghan McCain
Daily Mail
July 31, 2023
Joe will be insulated from the media and follow-up questions, like: Why has it taken so long to recognize Hunter's four-year-old daughter? Or will you ever meet the little girl?
Joe Biden has apparently decided that its become a political liability to be a bad granddad.
So, in an exclusive statement to People Magazine on Friday, the President conceded, for the first-time, that he has seven grandkids, not six.
Did you miss that news?
In fact, that's exactly what the cynical old man in the White House and his campaign team wanted.
Why else would they make the announcement to a celebrity news website at 5:02 PM ET on a summer Friday, when the thoughts of most Americans have mercifully wandered from politics to barbecues, pools and family.
'Our son Hunter and Navy's mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,' read the bloodless bulletin.
Make no mistake. This announcement was yet another gross adjudication of responsibility in a runaway scandal fueled by a scathing op-ed written by famed New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in early July.
'It's seven grandchildren, Mr. President, not six,' Dowd's headline screamed.
Since then, more liberals have miraculously found that they too have a backbone and have stopped ignoring the national disgrace.
If you've missed the first few seasons of this sordid saga, here's the CliffsNotes on Hunter's Sickening Life and Times to catch you up.
The president's son had a fling with Lunden Roberts, a Washington DC exotic dancer, who was apparently employed by Hunter's investment firm.
Nine months later, Lunden gave birth to Navy Joan Roberts. Hunter denied paternity, but tests showed he's the daddy. Then in June, Hunter went to court to successfully reduce his child support payments to Navy's mom.
Joe Biden has apparently decided that its become a political liability to be a bad granddad.
The president's son had a fling with Lunden Roberts (above), a Washington DC exotic dancer, who was apparently employed by Hunter's investment firm.
Nine months later, Lunden gave birth to Navy Joan Roberts (above). Hunter denied paternity, but tests showed he's the daddy. Then in June, Hunter went to court to successfully reduce his child support payments to Navy's mom.
And through it all, President Biden, the First Lady and the White House pretended that Navy Joan didn't exist. They wouldn't speak her name.
That was, I presume, until Joe decided this was starting to become a problem. Not a moral problem. A political one.
'This is not a political issue, it's a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy,' blathered the statement to People in a desperate attempt to hide the obvious.
Joe, if this was a 'family matter,' then why release a public statement at all?
Why do it for a glossy magazine that the parent's of Navy's classmates could read in a grocery store aisle?
I'll tell you why.
Useless White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre can now refuse to address the issue, claim it has been settled and call it old news.
It's also notable that this pronouncement went out as President Biden bolted for a 10-day vacation to his multi-million dollar compound in Rehoboth, Delaware.
There Joe will be insulated from the media and follow-up questions, like:
Why has it taken so long to recognize Hunter's four-year-old daughter? Will you ever meet the little girl?
How awfully convenient.
The men and women running Biden's 2024 campaign may be bumbling fools, but they're not completely oblivious.
They know that a president, who has made his role as a father and grandfather a central plank of his political appeal, could not keep up this charade.
The polling on this must have been awful.
It's also notable that this pronouncement went out as President Biden bolted for a 10-day vacation to his multi-million dollar compound in Rehoboth, Delaware.
But the most nauseating aspect of this slick and slimy public relations maneuver is that it was completely devoid of any human emotion. There wasn't any acknowledgement of the harm done to a child.
As Dowd noted, the President has condemned this girl to a childhood of vicious schoolyard bullying.
Now it must be a sad consolation for little Navy to be reduced to a Friday news dump by the presidential grandfather she's never met.
Who would do that to their own flesh and blood?
'You have to remember there were some fairly contentious legal proceedings between Navy's parents happening until just a few weeks ago,' a source told People. 'As grandparents, the Bidens are following Hunter's lead.'
Oh yes, by all means, continue to infantilize poor Hunter. The man's 53-year-old, but he must be treated very delicately. If only he had a multi-million-dollar art career to fall back on when the influence-peddling work dries up.
The truth is that the Bidens could have done the right thing. They certainly don't get credit for weaseling out of it now.
Oh yes, by all means, continue to infantilize poor Hunter. The man's 53-year-old, but he must be treated very delicately. If only he had a multi-million-dollar art career to fall back on when the influence peddling work dries up.
Imagine if the President, First Lady and Hunter spoke openly and honestly, saying, 'children are often born out of complicated circumstances, and their lives are a great blessing. We are proud to welcome Navy into our family and we are forever grateful to the American people for their understanding and compassion.'
There is no honest person in America who would have heard that and not thought, 'Fine, it's time to move on.'
This should have been called out on that very first Christmas in the Biden White House when they hung six stockings with the names of their grandkids over the fireplace in the State Dining Room.
Six, not seven.
One granddaughter is given a White House wedding featured in Vogue magazine and another can't get a lousy sock.
Be certain of one thing - try as they might - this flimsy, Friday night news dump will not close this subject.
America cannot allow a child to be swept under the rug. We won't be hoodwinked.
In 2020, Joe Biden vowed to restore 'basic decency and honor' to the White House.
He's done the opposite.
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