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BumRushDaShow

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Mon May 19, 2025, 07:15 PM May 19

Naomi Biden calls new Tapper book 'political fairy smut'

Source: The Hill

05/19/25 6:52 PM ET


Former President Biden’s granddaughter, Naomi, tore into the authors of a forthcoming political book that makes new claims about steps taken in the Biden White House to shield the American public from signs of the former president’s cognitive decline.

In a post Tuesday on X, Naomi Biden said that she just read an early copy of the “silly” book — “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson — and dismissed it as “political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class,” adding, “The ones who rarely enter the arena, but profit from the spectacle of those that do.”

“Put simply, it amounts to a bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck,” she wrote. Naomi Biden attacked the book for relying on “unnamed, anonymous sources,” saying it pushes “a self-serving false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare.”

She touted her grandfather’s character and said she’s confident the “truth” would be told one day. “All of this at the expense of a man so completely good and honest that it is impossible for these people to ever understand the why or how of it all. There are real stories to be told and one day they will be. I suspect history will reward the truth,” she said. The Hill has reached out to the publisher for a response.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5308440-naomi-biden-calls-new-tapper-book-political-fairy-smut/



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Naomi Biden calls new Tapper book 'political fairy smut' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 19 OP
Good for her! yardwork May 19 #1
Jake Tapper always seemed to be reasonable Shyguy24 May 19 #2
That last paragraph there is the Joe Biden, we know and have known for years here in Delaware Walleye May 19 #3

Shyguy24

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2. Jake Tapper always seemed to be reasonable
Mon May 19, 2025, 08:04 PM
May 19

I would be interested in reading the book, especially since others were saying there was a major decline before the debate even. In the end I just feel sorry for Biden, and even more sorry for the American people because of the outcome of the last election.

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