Every day, we receive about 3-4 emails from individual Democrats and Democrat organizations (that is neither a typo nor exaggeration). They put out Democrat talking points, skewer Republicans in general/Trump in particular, and almost always ask for money.
I don’t put them up here, because they tend to be both predictable and repetitious.
But this one, which I received last night, and is put out in Jill Biden’s name, requires attention.
Here is the email – in rust, with my comments in blue:
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I’ve heard from so many of you asking about the Special Counsel’s report this week. Thank you for your love and support. You probably know the basics: Joe cooperated fully with a Special Counsel’s investigation and they found he did nothing wrong — no criminal charges were warranted. This is a flat-out lie. The report specified that he DID act illegally, but that the case wouldn’t be pursued because a jury would see him as an old guy with a failing memory. I thought Heather Cox Richardson wrote about it eloquently here. The reason I’m writing is because of what else was in the report: Inaccurate and personal political attacks about Joe. Rather than just saying the case was closed, as they have for others, the Special Counsel claimed that Joe “couldn’t remember the year his son died.” Believe me, like anyone who has lost a child, Beau and his death never leave him. )(Hur says he forgot. He was there. You weren’t. Your assurance it didn’t happen holds no water.) I hope you can imagine how it felt to read that attack — not just as Joe’s wife, but as Beau’s mother. I don’t know what this Special Counsel was trying to achieve. We should give everyone grace, and I can’t imagine someone would try to use our son’s death to score political points. (That’s not what happened. Hur mentioned it to explain why, despite Biden’s criminal actions, it would be futile to put him in front of a jury. Nice try.) If you’ve experienced a loss like that, you know that you don’t measure it in years — you measure it in grief. May 30th is a day forever etched on our hearts. It shattered me, it shattered our family. (Well, you proved that you either remember offhand or looked it up. What does that have to do with Joe?) So many of you know that feeling after you lose a loved one, where you feel like you can’t get off the floor. What helped me, and what helped Joe, was to find purpose. That’s what keeps Joe going, serving you and the country we love. Joe is 81, that’s true, but he’s 81 doing more in an hour than most people do in a day. (Are you seriously trying to sell the premise that Joe Biden, who spends almost 40% of his time away from the White House/on vacation, is some kind of human dynamo? Lots of luck with that). Joe has wisdom, empathy, and vision. He has delivered on so many of his promises as President precisely because he’s learned a lot in those 81 years. (He has? Let’s look at the next paragraph and see.) His age, with his experience and expertise, is an incredible asset and he proves it every day. Look at all he’s accomplished: He brought our country back from COVID. (By doing WHAT? The country CAME back from COVID, he had nothing to do with it.) He brought our economy back from the brink. He created 14 million jobs. (A lie. 10 million of those jobs just got us back to where we were before COVID). Gas prices are down. (A lie. Gas averaged $2.39 a gallon the week he took office, zoomed to $5 while he was president, and now averages $3.25, which is 36% more than when he took office). Inflation is down. (A lie. Inflation was at 1.4% the month Biden took office. It zoomed to 9,1% over the next year and a half, and is now “down” to 3.4% – which is almost two and a half times where Trump left it.) Energy costs are down. (A lie. We’ve already debunked this). He got bipartisan legislation passed — even in the midst of this hyper-partisan environment. (Which president didn’t get bipartisan (i.e. both sides agreed) passed? Big deal.) The media may not give him credit, but I’m thankful you realize all he’s done for this country. (Oh, brother) Joe is the most resilient person I’ve ever known. When he gets knocked down, he gets back up and gets back to work. That’s what he’s doing. (If you believe that, I’ve got a nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you). It is just so meaningful to both of us to have you behind us. Your support is what keeps this campaign moving forward. At some point in our lives, we’ll all experience grief or loss. We’ll go through challenging moments and twists and turns. But we find joy together, we persevere together, and ultimately we’ll prevail together. Thank you for being part of our campaign. Love, Jill
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Well, there it is. Make of it what you will…
….and, scarily enough, do not doubt that there are people who, either through ignorance or partisanship overcoming all else, will believe what you just read.
I pity them.
