MSNBC is pushing a strange theory on Joe and Hunter’s inappropriate business calls.
During Tuesday’s Morning Joe, panel members Jonathan Lemire and Eugene Robinson riffed on an idea that Beau Biden’s death may have led to the twenty-something phone calls between Joe and Hunter Biden while Hunter was at business dinners.
“We should put this in context; this is the time when Beau Biden, the president’s other son, was ill & dying & then passed away. So perhaps he wasn’t as attentive to what he should have been,” Lemire says.
“We know how important family is to the president. So, do you hang up on your son?” Robinson says.
Watch the strange exchange above. More from Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) below.
Rep. @danielsgoldman: "Let's put this in context: Beau Biden got very sick in 2015. He died in 2015. It was right in the middle when Devon Archer had his business dealings with Hunter Biden. At that point Joe Biden and Hunter Biden began to speak every day because they were… pic.twitter.com/hul2OjQiDs
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 1, 2023