Particular counsel Robert Hur’s choice to launch a report final week calling Joe Biden an “aged man with a poor reminiscence” was, fairly clearly, the best factor to occur to the Republican Occasion since a authorities shutdown led to Invoice Clinton having somewhat too much time on his hands. Was Hur’s commentary on Biden’s psychological state a part of a politically motivated smear job? Presumably! However that doesn’t imply Republicans aren’t going to run with it and principally make it the one factor they discuss from now till the presidential election.
Think about the GOP’s response to Benghazi, however by some means worse. Axios reports that Home Republicans are beginning a probable “monthslong” plan to “preserve questions on President Biden’s psychological state within the highlight,” which is able to contain hearings and “probably even subpoenas for paperwork and recordings.”
In response to Axios, sources consider “Hur’s testimony may very well be blockbuster,” which is what Republicans need, as this isn’t about Biden’s reminiscence however political theater. Hur is anticipated to be referred to as to testify earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee, at which era “somebody would possibly ask him if Biden is unfit to guide,” a management supply advised Axios. Given the benefit with which the particular counsel forged aspersions on the president’s reminiscence, it wouldn’t be in any respect shocking for him to recommend that Biden just isn’t, the truth is, match to guide—although even when he says one thing extra benign, the entire thing may clearly be extremely damaging to Biden, notably on the subject of his reelection probabilities.
Talking of the election, Republicans don’t seem to have plans to debate the numerous issues that make one Donald Trump unfit to guide the nation, which embody:
Anyway, prepare for Republicans to spend the subsequent 265 days claiming that Biden belongs in a nursing residence, and Trump at a body-building contest for younger scorching geniuses.
