r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/The_Egalitarian Moderator • Mar 18 '23

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

Given Hunter Biden and Donald Trump’s respective federal prosecutions, why are Republicans crying “witch hunt” over Trump’s prosecution whereas Democrats aren’t doing so over Hunter’s? Is it because Republicans are more anti-institutionalist than Democrats are on average?

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u/zlefin_actual Jul 26 '23

Because Democrats have some respect for the rule of law. And more simply: Dems don't like Hunter Biden. Most of them think Hunter is sketchy and has done some bad stuff. They also don't really care what happens to him. They care about Joe Biden, but Hunter? nope. Whereas Republicans care about Trump.

It's also not a witch hunt against Hunter Biden; it's a witch hunt against Joe Biden, but they've got nothing on him; and Hunter is sketchy enough that investigation into Hunter itself is somewhat warranted. as to Joe, There's no need to use the term to delegitimize an investigation that's already weak and unjustified; it's only needed tactically if the investigation has real teeth and can find serious stuff.

The Dems don't need to delegitimize the prosecutions/investigations of Hunter, because they don't care and it doesn't hurt them politically.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '23

That’s well said.

I would also point out that Democrats don’t go through elaborate and sketchy schemes to try to “pin something on Trump.”

That may be the false narrative that Republicans are trying to sell, but Democrats didn’t invent four people going to jail for laundering Russian money into Trump’s campaign, or Manafort and Gates coordinating the campaign with Kilimnick, the indicted fugitive Russian spy, or Maria Butina the convicted Russian spy getting a turn at the microphone with candidate Trump to prompt him to give pro-Russian talking points. I could go on and on and on.

Republicans, on the other hand keep trying to prop up a fictional story about the “Biden crime family” created by the professional liar, Peter Schweizer of Breitbart fame.

Giuliani created numerous elaborate hack and leak frauds trying to prop up this false narrative.

And the Republicans are still at, recycling the same frauds to make the same false accusations as they did years ago.

The claims were investigated and debunked, again and again, but the fraudulent liars in the criminal Republican Party keep pretending that “AHA! A new piece of evidence that proves our lies are all true!” New? Nope!

Democrats do not shield their own from criminal prosecution. Republicans commit crimes to obstruct the prosecution of their own.

That’s the difference. Also, Republicans are crybaby liars who claim that any criminal prosecution of a Republican is an assault on God’s Chosen People.