

That alone explains nearly everything at hand, including his calling his father out of the blue to prove to potential partners that he had the power to do so,” Bump wrote. “What’s understood from the Archer testimony is that Hunter Biden sought to use the “brand” associated with his last name as leverage in business deals. “This comports with the idea that Hunter Biden was selling this perception,” Bump wrote.īump wrote that Republicans have presented no evidence suggesting that the “illusion” of influence Hunter Biden claimed he had over his father was anything other than that. To date, there has been no evidence tying Joe Biden to Hunter Biden’s work in any concrete way, with the White House insisting that the president wasn’t involved in Hunter Biden’s business.”īump wrote that the bombshell that House Republicans promised in Archer’s testimony – that Hunter Biden would sometimes call his father in the presence of business partners to showcase his access – offers no compelling new information. "But (Fox's Sean) Hannity and Comer have a vested interest in presenting the allegation as credible and a vested interest in suggesting that closed-door testimony from one of Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s former business partners, Devon Archer, added to that credibility.”īump contended that Archer’s testimony did nothing to back up allegations that Hunter Biden influenced Joe Biden while he served as vice president.īump acknowledged that Hunter Biden had presented himself to Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company that’s at the center of the conspiracy that the GOP says implicates Joe Biden, as someone with access to the White House that could influence policy.īut Bump writes that, “The debate is over the extent to which that presentation was accurate.

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) first introduced it," he wrote. “In fact, it is no more credible now than it was in early May, when Comer and Sen. "You're basically saying I don't care," said Goldberg. Sunny Hostin walked through all of the problems that people in Alabama face from education to poverty, none of which are being addressed by their senator. But it's only the women's policies that you're not digging and that, to me, is doubly annoying." You can't mess with the military because you don't like some of their policies.

"He's - he wants to make sure everybody knows where his personal stance is, because you're elected to join a large group of people from diverse backgrounds who think lots of different things but there's certain things you have to do. "So, in fact, he is - he doesn't care about the country," Goldberg said. They have an 'acting' in the role but that affects military readiness so you can't do the whole I'm the biggest military guy when you're actually hurting our readiness." So for the first time in 164 years, the Marine Corps is without a commandant. That would undermine us in unthinkable ways, but also, holding up nominations for Pentagon promotions. You shouldn't expect somebody to serve next to a racist in our military. We have the most diverse force in American history, you should, of course, not have white nationalists. "First by not saying we shouldn't have them in the military. "He's also undermining the military in two different ways," she explained. Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin gave kudos to Kaitlin Collins for continuing to press Tuberville, but connected the dots of racism to his holding up of military promotions. We know what it means," Whoopi Goldberg said. "When you call somebody a white nationalist, why is the word 'white' in there if it doesn't have to do with race?" co-host Joy Behar asked. READ MORE: Trump has set up an 'embarrassing' trap for his own lawyers: national security attorney He ultimately explained, "I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican." When asked about it for the following week, he started running away from reporters. If it seems like déjà vu it's because Tuberville ran into the same brick wall in May when he was defending white nationalists. "Well, that's your opinion," said Tuberville. "A white nationalist is racist, Senator," said Collins. Chatting about the interview Tuesday, the co-hosts of "The View" didn't buy it. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on his claim that he didn't know what a white nationalist is. Monday night, CNN's Kaitlan Collins pressed Sen.
