In 2020, the media helped perpetuate the narrative that Joe Biden was the epitome of empathy, which supposedly stood in stark contrast to Donald Trump, who was just a big meanie who said harsh things on Twitter.
Biden has often leaned on this narrative as well, and he continues to do so today. He likes to claim that he’s a compassionate man who cares about people. This is all a carefully crafted illusion, though. He often invokes the death of his son, Beau, to shield himself from criticism.
“Being the father of an Army major who served for a year in Iraq and, before that, was in Kosovo as a U.S. attorney for the better part of six months in the middle of a war,” Biden said when he spoke to the nation after the terror attack at Kabul airport that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers. “When he came home after a year in Iraq, he was diagnosed, like many, many coming home, with an aggressive and lethal cancer of the brain—who we lost.”
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It was beyond inappropriate for Joe Biden to invoke his son, who was not killed in combat, yet it has become instinctual for him. When he met the grieving families of those 13 servicemembers, many of those who participated blasted Biden's conduct as inappropriate, noting that he "kept checking his watch and bringing up Beau."
Now that we have a Biden-Trump rematch coming up in November, the media seems desperate to rehash the contrast between the empathetic consoler-in-chief Joe Biden, and Mr. Mean Tweets Donald Trump. It’s been well established that without a solid record to run on, Joe Biden is desperately trying to frame this election on that contrast.
And CNN anchor Abby Phillip found out the hard way that it’s all a lie. Prior to Biden’s State of the Union speech, she had Gold Star mother Christy Shamblin on as a guest. Shamblin’s daughter-in-law Nicole McGee was one of those killed at the Kabul airport.
"President Biden — he's often called the consoler in chief,” Phillip said. "He does talk to families who have lost loved ones because of his own experiences. Have you experienced that from him as you've been coping with the death of Nicole?"
“No,” Shamblin replied without hesitation.
"Have you spoken to him?” Phillip pressed.
“No,” she said again. “He has not reached out to our family. We've actually reached out to the White House and have never heard back. We asked to meet with them, to kind of understand where their thinking was in calling this a success, and we've not received a response. It's been months. No, that's not been the our experience at all."
A stunned Phillip replied "Sorry to hear that” and quickly moved on to her other guest.
CNN anchor left STUNNED when gold star mom says that Biden has NEVER reached out to her family about her daughter-in-law's death.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 7, 2024
CNN: "He's often called the 'Consoler in Chief.' He does talk to families who've lost loved ones...Have you experienced that from him?"
Christy… pic.twitter.com/apPQiMyMSd
Can we finally stop pretending that Biden cares about other people? Abby Phillip wound up with egg on her face after believing the narrative, apparently unaware of the fact that the empathy he projects publicly is just for the cameras.
