CNN anchor Dana Bash said President Joe Biden’s refusal to acknowledge his son Hunter’s illegitimacy was “disturbing on so many levels.”
A young Biden refused to acknowledge or see his four-year-old daughter, Navy Joan Roberts, whom he had with former stripper Landen Roberts in 2018. After DNA tests proved his paternity, Hunter and his family continue to ignore their relationship with Biden. girl.
Bash called the report “disturbing” but accused Republicans of “exploiting” it in a “disappointing and inappropriate” way.
“This is a sad and disturbing story on so many levels. Yes, this is political for several reasons,” Bash said. “First, Republicans are using it, and they are trying to use it in an unfortunate and inappropriate way. Because we all know and believe in Joe Biden because that’s who he says he is, he’s family-minded, and he cares about family. is the person I always see.”
The committee showed a video on April 27 of Biden telling reporters he has six grandchildren even though he has seven, and they are “obsessed” with him. claimed. (Related: White House aide told not to talk about number of biological grandchildren of Biden: report)
The Boston Globe’s Washington bureau chief Jackie Kishinich said the estranged granddaughter’s situation did not match Biden’s image of a loving grandfather. CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes described Biden as “hanging” with his grandchildren at the funeral, but also ignored the presence of one of his grandchildren.
“It’s true that the world of politics breaks my heart because there’s a seventh grandson out there who’s listening to it, or maybe one day he’ll hear it, and she understands it all every day. Because I know it’s not,” said Mr Holmes.
“And the president will have to answer questions on this one day,” added CNN’s chief correspondent Manu Raju. “It’s going to come up in the campaign. The White House has taken into consideration how sensitive this issue is, it’s a family issue, and there are girls whose lives are being debated around it.” But he is the president of the United States, and this is his image, and it will continue to come up during the campaign.”
Roberts previously claimed he stopped replying to her text messages before the baby was born, removing her and their child from health insurance. according to to the New York Times.
The president has repeatedly claimed to have six grandchildren, and at Christmas the president and First Lady Jill Biden hung socks with the names of all of their grandchildren, except Navy.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment at a July 5 press conference on whether Mr. Biden acknowledged a seventh grandchild.
