The scandal that wasn't: Republicans deflated as nation shrugs at Hunter Biden revelations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/10/hunter-biden-scandal-republicans-trump
Trump and his allies foresaw a ticking timebomb centred on the presidents son but it has not turned out that way
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Still, when it emerged that Hunter would publish a memoir about his struggle with alcoholism and drug abuse, and give TV interviews to promote it, some foresaw a ticking time bomb under the first 100 days of the Biden administration. It has not turned out that way.
Yet Hunters book has been praised for its searing honesty and literary style and for challenging the stigma of addiction. As Republicans flail to find a line of attack against Biden that will stick, Hunters self-revelations have been met by a shrug in a nation seemingly inured to scandal by Trump himself.
It is amazing how many of their hopes and dreams did centre on Hunter Bidens addiction, Hunter Bidens sex life, Hunter Bidens laptop, and interesting for a political party that has based so much on nothing matters to discover to their disappointment that nothing matters, said Charlie Sykes, author of How the Right Lost Its Mind.
Havent they sort of established a small universe where nothing matters? You can pay off a porn star and it doesnt make a difference. Did they really think that somehow Hunter Biden was going to make a difference?