{"id":1446804,"date":"2022-04-19T21:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T01:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446804"},"modified":"2022-04-19T21:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T01:29:41","slug":"joe-bidens-poorest-man-in-congress-humble-brag-trips-over-hunters-pesky-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-poorest-man-in-congress-humble-brag-trips-over-hunters-pesky-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden\u2019s \u2018Poorest Man In Congress\u2019 Humble Brag Trips Over Hunter\u2019s Pesky Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-bidens-poorest-man-in-congress-humble-brag-trips-over-hunters-pesky-laptop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446804&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240091631.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s often-repeated humble brag about his ranking as the \u201cpoorest man in Congress\u201d \u2014 along with his claim that people should not make money while holding public office \u2014 appeared to be at odds with some of the alleged lucrative business deals mentioned in emails and texts tied to his son Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>Biden brought up the topic on Tuesday at Port Authority in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during a speech touting the impact of his bipartisan infrastructure deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recently completed Piscataqua River turning basin project, led by the Army Corps of Engineers, received $1.6 million from the infrastructure law, topping off the $18.2 million the Army Corps had allocated for the project in fiscal year 2021,\u201d Seacoastonline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seacoastonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2022\/04\/19\/joe-biden-portsmouth-nh-visit-infrastructure-live-updates\/7355951001\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN: &#8220;I had the great pleasure of being listed as the poorest man in Congress\u2026 I didn&#8217;t think you should make money while you&#8217;re in office.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2n6hutBOlV\">pic.twitter.com\/2n6hutBOlV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1516497631010250752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was listed \u2014 I had the great pleasure of being listed as the poorest man in Congress for 36 years,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI still had \u2014 was making a hell of a lot more money than anybody else because I was getting a senator\u2019s salary. No kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think you should make money while you\u2019re in office,\u201d he continued, adding, \u201cBut at any rate, the point of it is this: an awful lot of people are hurting. It makes a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s claim that politicians should not make money while serving the people appeared to fly in the face of reports \u2014 and even Hunter Biden\u2019s own admission \u2014 that the family name was used to secure meetings and possibly even grease the wheels of foreign business transactions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8HOLY, WOW\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden admits he used his father\u2019s office for personal gain:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible for me to be on any boards without saying that I\u2019m the son of the vice president of the United States \u2014 lots of things would not happen in my life if my name wasn\u2019t Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sick <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jIWQgn6tDh\">pic.twitter.com\/jIWQgn6tDh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny \u201cLibs Of Tik Tok\u201d Aficionado (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1184098902699663362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible for me to be on any boards without saying that I\u2019m the son of the vice president of the United States \u2014 lots of things would not happen in my life if my name wasn\u2019t Biden,\u201d Hunter Biden told ABC News in late 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Monica Crowley noticed the connection, tweeting about Hunter Biden\u2019s communications stating that 10% of profits from foreign business dealings were to be \u201cheld by H [Hunter] for the big guy\u201d \u2014 and <span>the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/hunter-biden-and-the-big-guy-are-in-real-trouble\/\">claim<\/a><span> made by Tony Bobulinski that then-Vice P<\/span>resident<span>\u00a0Joe Biden was the aforementioned \u201cBig Guy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unless you mean tens of millions from China, Russia and Ukraine, in which case it&#8217;s [at least] 10% for the Big Guy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BCOaJhWWj0\">https:\/\/t.co\/BCOaJhWWj0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonicaCrowley\/status\/1516504202083774472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUnless you mean tens of millions from China, Russia and Ukraine, in which case it\u2019s [at least] 10% for the Big Guy!\u201d Crowley tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The contents of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, which were passed off by legacy media and numerous former intelligence officials as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/reminder-these-50-intelligence-officers-claimed-without-evidence-that-new-york-posts-hunter-biden-story-was-russian-disinformation\/\">Russian misinformation<\/a> in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election, have recently returned to the forefront \u2013 and a number of outlets are beginning to concede their veracity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems pretty clear that Hunter Biden was trading on his father\u2019s name to make a lot of money,\u201d CNN\u2019s John Harwood said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt seems pretty clear that Hunter Biden was trading on his father&#8217;s name to make a lot of money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I never thought I would hear this on CNN<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JSKx2f2lmM\">pic.twitter.com\/JSKx2f2lmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny \u201cLibs Of Tik Tok\u201d Aficionado (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1509191830986018817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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