Tuesday was an odd day at the White House. Press secretary Karine-Jean Pierre originally scheduled a press briefing for 2:30 p.m. However, a short time after the noon hour, she canceled it. We were told that President Biden’s scheduled speech at the Washington Hilton about matters grave and somber precluded the need for a briefing that day – though originally both were scheduled to occur.
It was no big deal we were told. Situation normal. Nothing to see here. Move along. The truth was President Biden’s son, Hunter, had just been found guilty of the felony purchase of a handgun that morning, and there was no way the press secretary wanted to face an hour’s worth of questions about that.
The president didn’t either. When he showed up in public, though he spoke for more than 15 minutes, he made no mention of it and took no questions from the in-town press pool. Fox News, Newsmax and every Republican congressman on Capitol Hill (in no particular order) called the president and his administration a bunch of cowards for failing to address the historic turn of events; a son of a sitting president found guilty of a felony. These were the same people who, just last week, didn’t want to talk about the historic turn of events that led to a former president being found guilty of a felony. But since hypocrisy is as common as narcissism in D.C., it is no longer newsworthy to point this out – though we should.
I made it to the briefing room Tuesday only to find Jeanne-Pierre had canceled the briefing, so I headed to the Upper Press offices of the president to find out why. I offered my usual cheerful greetings and turned to see the press secretary at her desk eating something. “Good afternoon,” I said, and before I could ask for a response to the administration being called cowardly by its opponents, a young press assistant jumped up, and closed the door to the press secretary’s office.
Meanwhile, less than five minutes after a jury convicted Hunter Biden of a felonious purchase of a firearm, Second Amendment enthusiasts were dropping me texts and emails.
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“This is just the tip of the iceberg with the Biden clan. They’re the most crooked family to ever take power in the United States,” one person wrote.
“This is all a smoke screen for Biden crimes,” another said.
“He should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” one Republican Hill staffer told me.
As misguided as some of........