Media Makes Excuses for Biden’s Belated Acknowledgement of His Granddaughter, Hunter’s Daughter
NBC News fiction: “And it really is on-brand with the President to acknowledge his entire family, to embrace family, which is one reason why there had been some real questions about this, including from some prominent columnists in the country, saying that the President needed to do just that.”
Anyone out there who might have still been under the mindset that even the left-wing media had a line in the sand when it came to what issues they would not run interference for as it relates to Joe Biden got a rude awakening in the aftermath of his public acknowledgment of his seventh grandchild, Navy Roberts, the child of Biden’s son Hunter and Arkansas native Lunden Roberts.
To recap, in one of the most clinical and cold ways possible considering the subject matter, Biden issued the briefest of written statements late on Friday afternoon before heading out on a ten-day vacation, giving People magazine the exclusive story.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the statement read.
“This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy,” the statement also read.
Biden’s acknowledgment comes only after months of criticism over how when he talks openly about his grandchildren, he mentions that he has “six,” leaving 4-year-old Navy Roberts out as though she doesn’t exist.
Flashback:
BIDEN: "I have six grandchildren…"
Unmentioned: Hunter's 4-year-old daughter, who the Bidens refuse to acknowledge pic.twitter.com/XRrgPollou
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 27, 2023
While conceding that there was indeed a political angle to all of this, news outlets like CNN and NBC News quickly sprang into action Friday in parroting talking points about how Biden had allegedly been waiting for a while now for the right time to do this because being the proud, doting grandfather he wants people to think he is, he only wanted what was best for Navy Roberts.
For instance, here’s how NBC News chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander framed it (bolded emphasis added by me):
Alexander said that President Biden is “in some ways, trying to inoculate himself against the criticism that he hasn’t been acknowledging this seventh grandchild, now doing it publicly. And it really is on-brand with the President to acknowledge his entire family, to embrace family, which is one reason why there had been some real questions about this, including from some prominent columnists in the country, saying that the President needed to do just that.”
Watch:
CNN ran with the Biden White House-pushed narrative about how Biden supposedly wanted to wait until the “protracted and bitter court proceeding over child support” between Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts was over while giving them both the space to work things out (right!):
CNN: Biden is finally acknowledging his seventh grandchild — more than four years after she was born — because Hunter has now "largely resolved a protracted and bitter court proceeding over child support." pic.twitter.com/4CdCuQAjE7
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 28, 2023
As the New York Post‘s Miranda Devine noted, though, that explanation didn’t quite add up:
That’s actually not true. Court proceedings were only reopened last September by Hunter seeking to reduce child support payments. Everything was settled in March 2020, after Lunden Roberts established paternity via DNA. Ample opportunity in those 2.5 years for Joe to have acknowledged his grandchild.
That’s actually not true. Court proceedings were only reopened last September by Hunter seeking to reduce child support payments. Everything was settled in March 2020, after Lunden Roberts established paternity via DNA. Ample opportunity in those 2.5 years for Joe to have… https://t.co/DcQkXRwGqT
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) July 29, 2023
Remember, too, that a number of prominent public figures had gone on record calling Joe Biden out on this issue in recent weeks, including New York Times left-wing columnist Maureen Dowd and also a few of his political foes like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 opponent who at least twice this month brought the issue up during campaign stops.
“When Biden says they’re all of our kids, what I say is: why don’t you pay more attention to your granddaughter in Arkansas, or at least acknowledge that she exists?” DeSantis said in Iowa two weeks ago.
At another Iowa event, DeSantis kept the heat on Joe Biden over the issue.
“You’re talking about all of our children; I have something to say to [Joe Biden],” DeSantis remarked. “Why don’t you focus on spending more time with your granddaughter in Arkansas, or at least acknowledge she exists, before you worry about our children?”
Joe Biden finally getting around to acknowledging Navy Roberts was not something he calculated in the best interests of Navy Roberts. It was something that he (and his handlers) calculated in the best interests of Joe Biden’s 2024 political ambitions. Period.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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Nothing has changed.
What has happened is this: Biden’s staff has been made aware that bad publicity is hampering his re-election efforts. In an effort to eliminate this they wrote something on a card for Biden to read. Naturally they worked out everything beforehand with the press so they will all be on the same page—hence the headlines reported above.
Every grandparent does a focus group on acknowledging grand kids
“I didn’t have her scent!”
It isn’t a grandparent’s duty to interfere in the relationship between their child and their child’s out of wedlock child, especially if there are suspicions about the grandchild’s mother’s motives. This is a family problem best handled by the family. Hunter is undubtedly a creep. So is the child’s mother. Not sure I would get involved at all.
Democrats Propaganda Ministry at work
“The Death of Stalin” is becoming a more relevant movie every day.
It’s not a “grandparent’s duty to interfere,” but “this is a family problem best handled by the family.”
You didn’t think your point through before you typed it out, did you?
I most certainly did.
The child is innocent. The Grandparents are the biggest creeps. The child is lucky she won’t have to be sniffed and showered with.
Well, at least by Joe. Stripper moms aren’t really the best at instilling healthy boundaries.
Nobody buys it, especially the media reporting it. This only exposes both Biden and the talking heads yet again. It reinforces why no one should listen to them or fall for their manipulation tactics.
Only within the current amoral Democratic Party could a man like Biden rise to the top.
At the end of a long day kissing Biden’s butt and lying for him, do journalists go home and gargle with Lysol or brush with toilet bowl cleaner?
It’s a living.
I gargle with bourbon istead of listerine, cause it gets you high twice as fast and your mouth twice as clean. Alex Bevan
Nah, it’s part of their kink. They enjoy it along with the deceivers delight they get to go along with it.
“And it really is on-brand with the President to acknowledge his entire family, to embrace family, which is one reason why there had been some real questions about this, including from some prominent columnists in the country, saying that the President needed to do just that.”
Translation: It’s so on brand for Joe that he had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to do it. Yes, that’s precisely what it says, read it carefully.
Oh who is trying to kid who here. The bottom line is that the optics of the situation were horrible with Biden’s refusal to acknowledge his 7th grandchild. So Joe’s handlers authored a “press statement” and had Joe put his moniker at the bottom and released it in a desperate attempt to make the whole situation disappear. Hey look, he’s acknowledged the illegitimate child of Hunter Biden so everything’s okie dokie. So move along, there’s nothing to see here.
When are they going to invite her to the White House? Take a picture of her with Grand Dad? They’ve had hundreds of children visit the White House for Easter egg hunts and special events, but it will be a cold day in you know where when Navy Joan gets an invite.
I want him to release a statement apologizing for poor job he did of raising his son to be responsible for his actions and take care of his children.
Can’t wait for the family photo.
More than that. Gonna have to put up another stocking which means presents which means questions about what kind of presents which means asking Navy did she like the presents and did she know who gave it to her.
Everything Joe Biden does, without exception, is for the benefit of Joe Biden. Period. He couldn’t care less about Navy Roberts, Democratic voters or the United States of America.
He ran out of other little girls he could take showers with.
The advisors caved to an idiotic narrative, as if the family had no reason to disown a golddigger/hooker family line. The sole interest of the right was making Biden do something, not doing something themselves. Most ethical demands are of that form, call it recreational ethics.
Well, even if Joe is doing it for the wrong reason— and it’s a pretty safe bet that he is—- it’s better for the child that his grandparents acknowledge her. She did nothing to be rejected by them.
Perhaps worse, or at least as bad, is her rejection by her father. Has he even met her? As awful as he is, it would be nice if he spent an afternoon with her from time to time. Get some ice cream. Go to the zoo. Go to the park and swing on the swings.
And she has half-siblings, what 4? And a little half- brother younger than she. She is part of that family now, for better or worse. As she grows up, she can decide whether she wants to include them in her life. Ideally it should be her decision.
Navy should reject Hunter and Joe.
As an adult, I agree. Right now she’s 4 years old. She’s also a 4-year old who has been thrust into the national spotlight because of adult behaviors outside her control. But mostly she’s a little girl being raised by a single mother whose paternal relatives, including her father, have until now shunned her. She likely would welcome having a dad in her life now. Her feelings about that will likely change as she grows older.
The “Media’s” goal: protect the First Pedophile protector:
Mastodon, a social media platform used by leftist media “reporters,” has a serious PEDOPHILIA problem
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-30-mastodon-social-media-leftist-reporters-child-abuse.html
This is a weak subject
If you Haven’t noticed, they are trying to
Jail A perfectly innocent President, the real President, President Trump
7 years of lawfare…
We are about to officially lose our Country
Not to mention they are trying to intimidate Hunters ex business partner who is getting ready to testify against him today. Nothing to see there, is there???
Tell it to Navy.
Corrupt, avaricious, mendacious and ornery crimes boss, dotard-marionette, Biden, is total scum. Everything that he does is motivated by focus groups and polling. God forbid that he actually behave out of decency and moral probity.
Kinda surprised the media didn’t make the claim that Biden simply miscounted. You know, just like three letters in “J-O-B-S”.
The swirl around this story helps explain why the country is being controlled by such as Biden. The public cares much more about this family soap opera than the bribery, treason and corruption-much more.
I guess the cat is out of the bag: MSNBC has final editorial authority over NBC News.
Not acknowledging offspring is just channeling the inner-white-slave-owner standard operating procedure.
Will Navy now be eligible for some of the family bribe money?