Joe Biden Snaps at NBC's Savannah Guthrie For Hunter Questions: 'You Don't Know What You're Talking

[Dem4Life1102]

All I can say is good for him! So sick of the media parroting GOP talking points that they know are lies.

Joe Biden Snaps at NBC’s Savannah Guthrie For Hunter Questions: ‘You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About!’

By Ken MeyerFeb 3rd, 2020, 8:41 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden seemed to get short-tempered with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie when asked about his son, Hunter Biden’s, dealings with Ukraine.

When Guthrie caught up with Biden on Monday, she noted the “irony” that more people know about Hunter’s work with the Burisma gas company now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scandal and his subsequent impeachment. This led to Biden saying that “no one has found anything wrong with [Hunter’s] dealings with Ukraine, except it sets a bad image.”

“Well, do you agree that it sets a bad image?” Guthrie asked. “Do you think it was wrong for him to take that position knowing it was really because the company wanted access to you.”

“That’s not true,” Biden snapped. “You’re saying things you don’t know what you’re talking about! No one’s said that! Who said that?!”

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/joe-biden-snaps-at-nbcs-savannah-guthrie-for-hunter-questions-you-dont-know-what-youre-talking-about/

[RandySF]

1. Good

[woodsprite]

2. I know he's right, but the media is trying to create a "Dean Scream" moment. nt

[Quixote1818]

3. He blew it. Should have defended Hunter quickly then pointed at Trump's nepotism

which is 10000000000 times worse! This isn't rocket science.

[phleshdef]

19. He won't go after Trump's kids. He has too much honor for that.

[TCJ70]

4. The whole thing is stupid...

1. Hunter Biden joined that board after the previous owner's investigation had both started and stalled out
2. Hunter Biden is a grown person who can make their own decisions
3. Joe Biden was enacting official US policy backed by the EU, IMF and intra-Ukraine anti-corruption groups
4. Regardless of Burisma's motives for taking on Hunter Biden, it was not illegal for him to take the position.

Bonus Bullet Point: Republicans at the time signed a letter backing US policy in removal of the prosecutor. So in order for the Biden conspiracy to play out, you have to have the EU, IMF, Ukranian anti-corruption groups, and Republicans at the time all in on protecting Hunter Biden. In short, it's stupid.

[Dem4Life1102]

7. And the Media should know those facts

instead of pushing BS talking points. This is the same BS that they pulled with Clinton's emails 4 years ago.

[highplainsdem]

15. Exactly. This is "But her emails!!!" all over again.

[Doremus]

20. That is my fear. nt

[TCJ70]

23. That's exactly what Trump and now the Republicans at large are trying to do...

...since "under investigation" was Trumps big point against Hillary in 2016 he wants to replicate it for 2020 against Joe.

[sdfernando]

24. Exactly!...when a journalists asks about this

the response should be these 4 points followed by "You say your are a journalist so you should know these facts."

They need to be shamed.

[Sloumeau]

5. Good for Joe.

“Well, do you agree that it sets a bad image?” Guthrie asked. “Do you think it was wrong for him to take that position knowing it was really because the company wanted access to you.”

Guthrie was making an unfounded accusation here. I have seen no evidence that Burisma hired Hunter for the purpose of getting access to Joe Biden.

[MineralMan]

6. Good for him!

[DeterDeter]

8. haven't watched the video but

you can always count on a very...specific framing from Mediate.

[stonecutter357]

9. good let's go Joe !

[LonePirate]

10. He has to provide a better, unemotional answer to that question.

He simply needs to provide a matter-of-fact, straight forward response and then turn the question around by citing all of nepotism and corruption surrounding 45’s offspring and their gritting businesses. Otherwise the media will continue to ask again and again. One thing they won’t do is continue asking if Biden keeps pressing them on 45’s kids. The media could not care less about that story.

[Quixote1818]

12. Exactly! Joe seems to have lost some of his sharpness.

10 or even 5 years ago he would have nailed the response. I have seen people running for city council do a better job turning things around than Joe did here and he has a nuclear bomb's worth of ammunition to throw at Trump on this.

[progressoid]

13. Yep. This ain't going away.

He's going to have to up his game on this.

[TCJ70]

17. It's one line:

The EU, IMF, Ukranian anti-corruption groups, and Republicans at the time supported removing the prosecutor. Were they all protecting Hunter?

[Squinch]

29. Exactly. And he's had long enough to come up with one.

[Autumn]

11. I understand where Joe is coming from, but this is not good. This is going to be an issue the

republicans will hit him with hard should he be the nominee. He needs to get a grip on this,

[ismnotwasm]

21. Actually given the actual facts of the case

This is exact what he should do. Call attention to the facts. Defend his kid. Tell these horse race idiots to do research

[Autumn]

22. I've got not one ounce of faith the media will do do research on this much less report it. Don't

count on them doing that because they won't. Biden will get hammered on this by the republicans just to get that reaction from him and the media will show selected tidbits. Defending his kid is one thing, getting angry is another and a gift to the republicans and the media.

You can take that to the bank.

[NCProgressive]

14. He needs to start attacking the media ... people love it

[JustAnotherGen]

16. He's right

And we SHOULD be snapping at the media.

You mean the same media who gave Trump all of that free air time in 2016? The ones who create horse races and are doing their damned best to sow division in the Democratic Party.


Good for him. All of the Democratic Nominees when this is brought up? Should give the same response.

[beachbumbob]

18. media must do all they can to ensure Biden is NOT our nominee for obvious reasons

can't remember a single media type asking anything about trump's actual crooked kids actions, ever in 2016

[rockfordfile]

25. I agree with Joe. That person that asked that sounds like a idiot

[BeyondGeography]

26. He's only going to have to deal with this every waking moment if he's the nominee

He really should be better at this by now.

[bluedye33139]

27. She assumes that Hunter Biden was controlling American foreign policy

That's a rather presumptuous line of questioning.

[Pantagruel]

28. Burisma "her emails"

Sure, GOP will pound it but if it wasn't Burisma it would be another lie.

Just be ready with a counter and counter unrelentingly.

[Skya Rhen]

30. Good for him.

[onecaliberal]

31. Ask the media why they are pushing GRU talking points.

Fiona Hill clearly stated it was russian propaganda in her House testimony.

[karynnj]

32. I may be very off base, but I think Biden's anger when that is said is because he agrees

that it did create a perception on the part of some in Ukraine that Burisma gained some access and it bothers him because it leads to questioning his integrity.

He needs to make the point that nothing HE or the Obama administration did was changed because of Hunter's position. A point that was lost by getting angry and defending Hunter.

I assume he knew questions about his son would happen if he ran, but I doubt he saw it being that extreme or that it would lead to questions distorting his role where he was genuinely pushing Ukraine to deal with corruption.

I wish someone on his team would suggest words to answer this issue that he could comfortably deliver that go beyond Hunter did nothing wrong. It might be he would be in comfortable even saying that it was poor judgement and looked bad because it might hurt a fragile son who he loves.