On today’s Editors podcast, National Review senior editor Charles Cooke backed Republicans’ decision to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden — as more evidence mounts concerning his involvement in his son’s business dealings.
“I’ve changed my mind on this,” Cooke said. “I was for a long time a voice warning Republicans that they hadn’t yet made the case in the court of public opinion and that this was going to matter. And I now think that this is their best shot to make that case.”
The media continue to cover for the Bidens, he argued, citing the New York Times’ reporting as a prime example. “Hunter Biden said, ‘My father was never financially involved in my business,’” Cooke said. “And the New York Times reported this as Joe Biden was never involved in Hunter Biden’s business, which matters because that is a shift in the defense.”
There are plenty of other instances, Cooke reminded listeners, including “back when Joe Biden announced he’d be running for a second term . . . he told Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC, ‘First of all, my son has done nothing wrong. I trust him.’ That’s not true.”
“That the press remains this . . . willing to go to the mat for Joe Biden suggests to me that the only avenue Republicans have is this inquiry.”
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