There is a consensus developing among some Democrats that they are better served by ignoring the indictment and focusing on Biden’s record.
growing increasingly willing to attack him over the indictment, there is a consensus developing among some Democrats that they are better served by ignoring the indictment and focusing on Biden’s record.
If anything, one Democratic operative said, the party’s top task will be to connect the indictment to a broader framing that has proven politically potent for them: emphasizing what House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls the “Team Normal” versus “Team Extreme” divide. In some ways, the federal indictment fits neatly into Democrats’ 2024 messaging. It’s broadly similar to how they viewed the impact of the indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over Trump’s alleged hush money payments to the porn star Stormy Daniels.
Rep. Ted Lieu , the fourth-ranking House Democrat, has tweeted over a dozen times to his 1.6 million followers about the indictment, mixing rapid response to GOP defenses of Trump with commentary on the case. In January, Garland appointed Hur to investigate Obama administration documents that were found by federal investigators at his think tank in Washington and at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. Last week,that Biden has not yet been interviewed in that probe and that it does not appear close to conclusion.
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