Some have criticized Trump for using the presidency to benefit his own businesses and family, while others warn that voters don’t care about such corruption.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson from Republican President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign blasted Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for “using taxpayer-funded jobs to try and benefit” his family. In a Wednesday afternoon Fox News interview with Sandra Smith, Trump campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said, “The corruption now is flowing into [Biden’s] family and you see that.” “I think the American people absolutely care about their politicians using taxpayer-funded jobs to try and benefit their family,” Gidley continued. “That’s exactly what Joe Biden’s been doing.” Gidley’s comment echoes ongoing comments from the Trump campaign against Biden, even as others have criticized Trump for using the presidency to benefit his own businesses and family wealth. Over the last month, Trump campaign surrogates and Trump’s family have repeatedly pushed a New York Post story alleging that Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, used his father’s political influence to benefit his business dealings in Ukraine and China while Joe served as Vice President under former Democratic Vice President Barack Obama.
