Rightwing politicians repeat unfounded theories that gun trial verdict is a ‘distraction’ from worse Biden crimes

Rightwing politicians repeat unfounded theories that gun trial verdict is a ‘distraction’ from worse Biden crimes

Republicans responded to Hunter Biden’s conviction on Tuesday of lying about his drug use to buy a gun by doubling down on conspiracy theories that many senior party figures have been using to try and damage his president father.

Despite the fact that Joe Biden’s son could now face a hefty jail sentence, Donald Trump’s election campaign and its surrogates repeated unfounded attack lines that the conviction was part of a conspiracy to deflect attention from more serious crimes and represented the use of the Department of Justice (DoJ) as a political weapon.

Republicans have long sought to use Hunter Biden’s woes and business dealings as a political weapon against Biden, ignoring the fact that Trump himself is also now a convicted felon whose own business empire has been fined hundreds of millions of dollars for fraudulent practises.

That tactic continued in the wake of Hunter’s guilty verdict.

  • Nusm@yall.theatl.socialEnglish
    65·
    5 months ago

    They had two talking points ready to go depending on the outcome. Talking Point A, he’s acquitted so the whole thing is rigged against Trump, and Taking Point B, he’s convicted, but it was all a sham to make Trump look bad.

    It doesn’t matter what happens in any situation, Repubs go to their spreadsheet, look up the talking point they need to use to make themselves look like the victim, and spread it. Rinse, lather, repeat.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
      28·
      5 months ago

      The embarrassing thing is when they don’t all get the latest changes and get out of sync on the current talking points. Republicans, always do an update refresh before speaking!

      It’s the old line about telling lies and having to keep track of them…much easier to just stick with reality and the facts.

      • Wrench@lemmy.world
        8·
        5 months ago

        You can see the syncing happen in real time when something big and unexpected happens, and it takes about 24h for them to get the narrative straight.

        When the Pelosi attack happened, I was curious and monitored r/conservative.

        For the first 12h or so, they were for the most part human. Most highly rated comments were along the lines of “I don’t agree with her politics, but this is wrong.”

        There were still a few comments celebrating the attack with mixed votes.

        Then about 12 hrs in, conspiracy theories started trickling in with mixed reactions ranging from gleeful excitement to disgust.

        24h in, all of the respectful comments were buried to oblivion, and the conspiracy theories and comments celebrating violence had fully taken over.

        It was both enlightening and absolutely repulsive to watch how their propaganda worked in real time.

    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
      51·
      5 months ago

      talking point c, he is executerd because they wanted to use his blood in a ritual at a pizza hut to make children more susceptible to pedos.

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Woah! This is so inaccurate!

        Where is the woke spice?

        You also need to add some subtle LGBT hate in there as well as some overt racism.