President Joe Biden's reelection campaign canceled an appearance on MSNBC to avoid questions about his son, Hunter Biden, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Julie Chávez Rodríguez, Biden's campaign manager, reportedly prepared to go MSNBC on Friday but canceled it after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced his decision to launch a probe into Hunter Biden's foreign business deals.
Along with the investigation headed by U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss of the District Court for the District of Delaware, there is another case against Hunter Biden for alleged tax fraud and illegal gun charges. Weiss, who is also leading that case, has been the target of Republicans for a controversial plea deal he struck with Hunter Biden's legal team to avoid prison time that has come under fire by the case's judge.
The Times article claimed that Democratic strategists remain mostly unconcerned about the claims levied against Hunter Biden concerning potential bribery, citing polls that show disinterest in the scandal in swing states.
A poll from Reuters and Ipsos in late June found that the controversial plea agreement between Weiss and Hunter Biden was irrelevant to the 2024 vote for 58% of Americans.
In addition, 51% of respondents believed Hunter Biden's legal troubles were unrelated to his father's job performance.
Democrats are instead rallying around victories in the expansion of abortion over the last year, even in deep-red states, the outlet noted. Among them have been failed pro-life ballot measures in Kansas and Ohio.
"There are plenty of things that keep Democrats up at night when it comes to 2024, and this is not one of them," Democrat strategist Matt Bennett told The New York Times of the investigation. "Billy Carter is not the reason that Ronald Reagan won 49 states in 1980."