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highplainsdem

(48,999 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2019, 08:37 PM Oct 2019

Biden: Trump is "the definition of corruption" (VIDEO added)

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-daily-trail-markers-joe-biden-pushes-back-on-trumps-claims/

Joe Biden rebutted allegations Friday that his son Hunter Biden's presence on the board of a Ukrainian energy company when the older Biden was vice president represented a conflict of interest.

"It's not a conflict of interest. There has been no indication of any conflict of interest from Ukraine or anywhere else. Period. I'm not going to respond to that," Biden said when asked by CBS News Campaign Reporter Bo Erickson.

When Erickson pressed Biden if he's worried about the appearance of a conflict of interest, Biden jabbed his finger and said, "Focus on this man! What he is doing – what no president has ever done. No president."

This full-throated defense of Hunter Biden's connection to Ukraine is the first time in two weeks Joe Biden has directly responded to the allegations from the White House on the issue. Mr. Trump is currently the subject of an impeachment inquiry stemming from a July phone call in which he asked the Ukrainian president to investigate Hunter Biden but has tried to turn attention back to former vice president and his family.

In a brief statement ahead of taking questions, Biden said, "All this talk by the president about corruption comes from the most corrupt president we've had in modern history. He's the definition of corruption." Biden also said Mr. Trump is worried he could beat him "like a drum."

When asked about the Ukraine issue over the past two weeks, Biden cited the lack of evidence behind the president's claims as reason to not believe them. In Nevada this week he also ripped into the president's character and said "abuse of power is the defining characteristic of the Trump presidency."

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Emphasis added.

Reporters need to stop playing the 2020 version of "But her emails!"

That's the game Trump wants them to play.

And as long as it works, even a little, Trump will smear any of our candidates, no matter how little evidence there is for the smears.

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Editing to add video of Biden saying this and more. The video is in a tweet from MSNBC's Kyle Griffin:

Link to tweet

Biden: "He's the definition of corruption. He has corrupted the agencies of government ... I am not going to stand for it. And I'm not going to respond. I'm not going to talk about anything other than what the facts are. He's indicted himself by his own statements."
Via The Hill

The video clip with the tweet is 46 seconds long, with much more than what's quoted in the text of the tweet.

Very forceful statement. Especially what he said about Trump corrupting the agencies of government.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden: Trump is "the definition of corruption" (VIDEO added) (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2019 OP

Nay, Newest Reality Oct 2019 #1

He's the essence of it , as in make sure it's not BootinUp Oct 2019 #2

I am glad to see Biden throwing punches at that corrupt asshole. Blue_true Oct 2019 #3

Biden v Trump SCVDem Oct 2019 #4

Same here Gothmog Oct 2019 #9

Kicking after editing the OP to add a tweet with video. highplainsdem Oct 2019 #5

Mahalo, highplainsdem! Cha Oct 2019 #6

Jill Wine-Banks tweet: highplainsdem Oct 2019 #7

Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in modern history. Gothmog Oct 2019 #8

Newest Reality

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1. Nay,

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 09:08 PM

Oct 2019

He is the incarnation of it He has done it all of his adult, (well, age-wise) life. He did a Hulk SMASH! every chance he got. He screwed anyone he could along the way, just like we see now.

What would expect from a god of corruption in the pantheon of capitalism? You could easily gauge his behavior as pResident by his track record. This is a horse you would have bet on to do what his doing to this country. No shock. No surprises. This is the person you elect when you want to destroy a country. It is not a mystery or a hidden secret and you don't even have to ask another country to dig up any dirt. There is a HUGE pile of it in plain site and...the stench!

Trump’s Wealth Built on Stiffing Scores of Contractors, Businesses and Employees for Years, Report Finds

The overall ugly picture that emerges goes far beyond Trump’s use of bankruptcy court, where debts can be forgiven or restructured depending on their category and type of federal bankruptcy filing. What’s most provocative about USA Today’s reporting, which goes beyond previous accounts of the same tactics or his mob connections, is how Trump has a longstanding pattern of ignoring his bills and walking away from debts owed contractors and employees.

https://www.alternet.org/2016/06/trumps-wealth-built-stiffing-scores-contractors-businesses-and-employees-years-report/

Meet the (Many) Small Business Owners Stiffed by Donald Trump

Recently several media outlets have dug up a handful of business owners with worrying tales to tell of Trump's bullying, unfairness, and failure to pay. And while their numbers aren't huge, there are enough of them to suggest a pattern of behavior that raises questions about whether pre-politics Trump was much of a friend to small business in practice. Here are a few of their stories:

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/meet-the-many-small-business-owners-stiffed-by-donald-trump.html

And on, and on, and on...ad infinitum.