Embattled First Son Hunter Biden penned an op-ed for USA Today on Thursday, claiming that his drug addiction has been “weaponized” and all investigations into the Biden family have been “fruitless.”
Many conservative voices were quick to set the record straight: it’s not the addiction, it’s the influence peddling that’s the problem. The New York Post editorial board wrote a response to Biden’s op-ed, calling on him to stop playing the victim.
They call it “a load of bull.”
From The New York Post:
Hunter knew exactly what he was doing with his “consulting” business. He knew his only “qualification” was that his father was the second-most powerful man in America.
He spent much of the millions he made on drugs, yes, but that’s not the crux of the scandal.
The scandal is influence-peddling.
In the column, Hunter whines, “What troubles me is the demonization of addiction, of human frailty, using me as its avatar and the devastating consequences it has for the millions struggling with addiction, desperate for a way out and being bombarded by the denigrating and near-constant coverage of me and my addiction on Fox News (more airtime than GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis) and in The New York Post (an average of two stories a day over the past year).”
You know what the vast majority of those stories don’t mention? Hunter’s drug use. Because we’re not “weaponizing” addiction, we’re reporting on the intersection of Hunter’s business dealings and Joe Biden’s political career.
Read the full op-ed:
Stop playing the victim Hunter Biden! It’s about corruption, not addiction https://t.co/vOvLTw0a5F pic.twitter.com/QWOJD1kW1c
— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) November 2, 2023
