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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,169 posts)
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:28 PM Monday

Republicans can't stop talking about Joe Biden. That may be a problem

ATLANTA (AP) — It’s been six months since Joe Biden left the Oval Office. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, can’t stop talking about him.

The House has launched investigations asserting that Biden’s closest advisers covered up a physical and mental decline during the 82-year-old Democrat’s presidency. The Senate has started a series of hearings focused on his mental fitness. And Trump’s White House has opened its own investigation into the Biden administration’s use of the presidential autopen, which Donald Trump has called “one of the biggest scandals in the history of our country.”

It all fits with Trump’s practice of blaming his predecessors for the nation's ills. Just last week, he tried to deflect criticism of his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case by casting blame on others, including Biden.

Turning the spotlight back on the former president carries risks for both parties heading into the 2026 midterms. The more Republicans or Democrats talk about Biden, the less they can make arguments about the impact of Trump’s presidency — positive or negative — especially his sweeping new tax cut and spending law that is reshaping the federal government.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-cant-stop-talking-joe-111053840.html

It's all an attempt to deflect from Epstein. Problem is if you want to question Biden's cognitive ability you're going to have to question Trump's as well.

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Republicans can't stop talking about Joe Biden. That may be a problem (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
There is a reason that critiquing a previous president is bad Metaphorical Monday #1
Joe wasn't even on the ballot! tanyev Monday #2

Metaphorical

(2,474 posts)
1. There is a reason that critiquing a previous president is bad
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:01 PM
Monday

It invites far too many comparisons, and forces the spotlight on the current president as a consequence.

tanyev

(47,173 posts)
2. Joe wasn't even on the ballot!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:55 PM
Monday

Whether you agree with that decision or not, in the context of this BS investigation, I’m glad he wasn’t.

It’s hard to justify an investigation into the successful presidency of someone who voluntarily chose not to run, when the current office holder is a raging lunatic who’s gleefully driving this country off the cliff.

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