For those who’ve followed conservative media, the revelations in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s Original Sin are not news—they’re confirmation. And if you’ve been reading RedState or similar outlets, the picture of the Biden presidency that’s now emerging is one you’ve seen long before CNN decided to start talking. But even so, it’s worth pausing to appreciate what this moment represents: a mainstream media figure finally acknowledging what he spent years denying, minimizing, or ridiculing.
WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper says Hunter Biden “was driving the decision-making for the family.”
“He was almost like a chief of staff.” 👀 pic.twitter.com/hZVP9ACt73
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 20, 2025
Let’s start with the core claim—Hunter Biden was essentially functioning as president. That might sound hyperbolic on its face, but Tapper’s own words—calling Hunter “almost like a chief of staff of the family,” and describing him as “provably, demonstrably unethical, sleazy, and prone to horrible decisions”—make the argument devastatingly clear. If the reporting is accurate, Hunter Biden was in rooms he had no business being in, possibly sitting in on classified briefings and helping steer the decisions of a cognitively declining Commander-in-Chief.
That’s not just sleazy. That’s dangerous.
What makes this more than a story of dysfunction is the silence. For years, Americans watched as Joe Biden stumbled publicly—verbally, physically, and mentally. Those raising alarm bells were dismissed as conspiracy theorists or smeared as heartless for “mocking a stutter.” That includes Lara Trump, who Tapper himself scorched in 2020, only to now apologize privately and admit she was right.
Where was this honesty before the 2024 election?
The answer is damning. Tapper and others in legacy media helped cover for the Bidens, not by fabricating facts, but by what they refused to report, refused to ask, and refused to confirm—until it was safe. That wasn’t journalism. That was political insulation. And it worked. Until it didn’t.
Now that Joe Biden is gone, the floodgates have opened. But we shouldn’t forget who stood guard at those gates when it counted.
If Hunter Biden was pulling strings behind the scenes, where were the adults in the room? Where was Jake Sullivan, Karine Jean-Pierre, Secretary Blinken, or Vice President Kamala Harris? These weren’t low-level aides—they were senior advisors with constitutional obligations, and they did nothing.
🚨NEW: Jake Tapper GOES SCORCHED EARTH on Hunter Biden🚨
TAPPER: “I think he is provably, demonstrably, unethical, sleazy and prone to horrible decisions.”
COURIC: “Tell me how you really feel.”
TAPPER: “Just look at the record: after his brother died, he cheated on his wife… pic.twitter.com/MF6d02j5t1
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) May 20, 2025
They didn’t warn the public. They didn’t initiate the 25th Amendment. They didn’t resign. They protected their positions, choosing personal preservation over national security. A crack-addicted influence-peddler was allegedly shaping foreign policy, and everyone around him just nodded along.
And let’s be honest: if this had happened under Trump—if Don Jr. had been attending classified briefings while the president slurred through speeches and forgot cabinet members’ names—the media would have melted down on a 24/7 loop.
This can’t be a passing scandal. Congress must investigate. Under oath. Subpoenas. Testimony from cabinet members, White House staff, and Hunter Biden himself. This isn’t about political revenge—it’s about restoring trust in constitutional governance.
America deserves to know:
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Who authorized Hunter Biden’s access to classified settings?
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What decisions was he involved in, and who signed off?
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Why wasn’t the 25th Amendment invoked?
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What role did media institutions play in shaping a false narrative about Biden’s health?
If no one is held accountable, it sets a precedent that a president doesn’t need to be fully functional to govern—as long as the right people are pulling the strings behind the scenes.
