Tuesday, July 2, 2024

It’s Not Up to Jill Biden (or crackhead Hunter either for that matter)

(Looks like everyone has figured it out)

from Slate

... It wasn’t just traditional news media. Right-wing content farms quickly started churning out takes about how “Lady Mac-Biden” was “desperately clinging to power.” The National Review referred to Jill Biden as “the Decider.”

Some of this can be written off as sexism. There’s been a lot of wife-blaming going around this election cycle, on both sides of the aisle.

But there’s an element of much deeper concern in all this coverage. It’s not just that these outlets are hand-wringing about what role Dr. Jill Biden could play in Biden’s decision. The question is: Why the hell would this decision be up to Dr. Jill Biden, even in part, at all?...

This is, to put it bluntly, not Jill Biden’s job...

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