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Matt Stoller
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Trump is bad but Hunter Biden trading on his father’s position is really corrupt. We can walk and chew gum people. Hunter Biden has been on the payroll of the Chinese state and on the payroll of Ukrainian oligarchs. This is bad.
The Hunter Biden stuff reminds me of the Clinton Foundation and Wall Street speaking fees. Democrats said allegations of corruption were conspiratorial. But general election voters aren’t stupid. Wealthy pols and their family getting corrupt cash is bad.
We can’t have it both ways. We can’t demand investigations of Trump for corruption and abuse of power and disclaim very obvious red flags in Biden world.
Hunter Biden’s conflicts of interest are the Clinton Foundation of this cycle. Want another Hillary Clinton type candidate? Biden’s your man.
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