A list of Obama officials who requested an unmasking of Gen. Michael Flynn was declassified and released today. One of the people on that list was Joe Biden, which proves he was part of the effort to delegitimize Trump’s presidency and that he’s been lying about this for a long time. A CBS reporter is the one who broke this list and Biden’s campaign’s response was to attack the free press, which Joe says is the pillar of our democracy. He is a democrat, so he’s allowed to do the things he pretends to be horrified by when he claims Trump is doing it.
Okay, here’s a tweet from CBS’s CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge naming Joe Biden as a part of the Obamagate effort to delegitimize Trump’s Presidency:
SCOOP @CBSNews obtains @RichardGrenell notification to congress declassified “unmasking list” Flynn between late 2016 and January 2017 – Read 3 pages provided by NSA here pic.twitter.com/NozVpQlRn2
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 13, 2020
There is no disputing that Biden was one of the people who requested to unmask Michael Flynn, so Joe’s campaign went in a different direction to deflect blame. Biden campaign’s rapid response director Andrew Bates tweeted and deleted this:
“SCOOP: Catherine Herridge is a partisan, rightwing hack who is a regular conduit for conservative media manipulation ploys because she agrees to publicize things before contacting the target to ask for comment,” wrote Bates.
Gee, that looks an awful lot like an attack on the free press. I hope Joe Biden isn’t a complete hypocrite who accuses others of attacking the free press. Oh damn, here’s a bunch of Biden tweets confirming how truly full of shit he is:
This #WorldPressFreedomDay, support for an independent press at home and around the world matters more than ever. We must vote Trump out this November and assure that attacks on our free press are never again acceptable — especially not in the White House. https://t.co/Ga8zWYphOg
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 3, 2020
A free press is essential to a free society. That’s why attacking the press and attempting to intimidate independent media is a standard part of the authoritarian playbook around the world. And it’s why Donald Trump’s efforts to demonize the media put us on such a dangerous path.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 3, 2020
Trump thinks the media is the enemy of the people. He’s dead wrong.
America’s commitment to free press, free speech, and free expression should never waver, and certainly not in the face of Chinese authoritarianism. We’ve got to stand up for these freedoms at home and abroad. https://t.co/INm6CoQUci
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 20, 2020
Before you get too upset with Biden’s glaring hypocrisy, you have to understand that he is invoking liberal privilege which allows him to condemn others for doing the exact same thing he does. Liberals put a lot of effort into drafting their double-standard to excuse them from their own bullshit and it would be rude to not recognize that.
Still, I can’t seem to get over the fact that Biden’s camp is accusing a CBS reporter of being a conservative partisan hack. What’s next? Saying fake news CNN is Trump-sponsored state media?
