While Hunter Biden’s wrongdoings haven’t been directly connected to the president, that might matter little to voters who have come to see criminality as woven into all corners of American politics. Democratic voters see Trump as a uniquely corrupt politician and a threat to the country. The Justice Department under President Biden is “pathetic and weaponized," said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.). In recent history, many of the corruption charges U.S. presidential candidates have lobbed at their opponents have landed with a thud. Voters, he said, were attempting to say, “We’re mad at the world because the world isn’t treating us well."

Source: Wall Street Journal June 24, 2023 07:47 UTC