One day after the Republican presidential debate, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) came to the defense of the daughter of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. After Vivek Ramaswamy criticized Haley for criticizing him for joining TikTok even though her daughter once had an account with the Chinese social media giant, the Florida governor told Fox News that Ramaswamy's attack was not "an appropriate thing to do."
"I think the kids are out of bounds," said DeSantis, who is neck and neck with Haley for second place in the primary after the dominant front-runner, former President Donald Trump.
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Leave it to NBC News to find the real story, namely that DeSantis is somehow hypocritical because he criticizes Hunter Biden.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he believes going after an opponent’s children is “out of bounds” in political warfare.
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) November 10, 2023
DeSantis, however, goes after President Biden’s son on a weekly basis. https://t.co/6kH0lANJHu
Shall we go through all the reasons there is no comparison between Ramaswamy's shot at Haley and resounding, bipartisan criticism of the first son? Let us begin.
The former South Carolina governor's daughter, Rena Haley Jackson, is 25. Outside of a handful of public appearances throughout her mother's political career, Jackson has never been employed in politics. She is a full-time pediatric nurse who graduated from university only two years ago. While Jackson supports her mother's presidential campaign on social media, she evidently does not discuss politics or policy, and according to the Haley campaign, Jackson shut down her TikTok account well before the debate.
Robert Hunter Biden is 53, nearly a decade older than DeSantis. Biden is a father of five children born to three different mothers. He has been employed as:
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I obviously have not mentioned the international influence peddling, cash payments from Russian and Kazakh oligarchs, admitted solicitation of international prostitutes and Schedule I narcotics, failure to pay child support and admit paternity to his daughter born out of wedlock, cheating on his first wife with his sister-in-law, cheating on that sister-in-law with the sister-in-law's sister, three separate counts of federal gun crimes, alleged criminal tax evasion, and rumored violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
If you cannot see the difference between a presidential candidate attacking an apolitical pediatric nurse for formerly using an app that her mother considers a national security concern and attacking a middle-aged lobbyist who has spent decades cashing in on his father's political ascent and security clearances, you need help. From a professional.