Lawmakers say the presumptive frontrunner needs a clearer response that can stand up to an onslaught from the president and his allies
As President Donald Trump prepares to unleash a fusillade against former Vice President Joe Biden over his son’s ties to Ukraine, Biden’s allies on Capitol Hill have some advice for their candidate: Be ready to punch back — hard.
Their advice was wide-ranging: Some said Biden surrogates should attack Trump’s adult children for benefitting from the presidency anytime Trump goes after Biden’s son. Others said he should be prepared to lay out the facts of the Ukraine case, which debunk the allegations of corruption Trump has leveled. Others still said Biden should simply remind voters that it was precisely this attack that led to Trump’s impeachment last year.
Democrats’ comments came amid growing expectations that Trump and his allies in the GOP-controlled Senate are preparing toTrump's legal team and allies in Congress spent months launching attacks on Biden and his family — based on the disputed testimony of two former Ukrainian prosecutors removed for their own alleged corruption — to allege Biden leaned on the Ukrainian government to protect his son from a corruption investigation into Burisma.
And on Capitol Hill, Sen. Ron Johnson this week announced a new phase in his long-simmering Burisma investigation, including a plan to authorize subpoenas next week related to Hunter and the release of an interim report over the next two months. Johnson said he believed Democratic primary voters should see his findings before casting their votes.
“His democratic opponents didn’t go after him on those — maybe a light blow here and there,” Beyer said. “With Trump it’ll be much different. One of the things I’m sure the Biden campaign won’t do is treat this the way John Kerry did the Swift Boats.” FILE - In this June 27, 2018 file photo, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., asks a question of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
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