Last month, conservatives were up in arms when First Lady Dr. Jill Biden delivered freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to troops and then thanked them for keeping her family safe. This month, they’re absolutely livid that she appears to be happily married to her husband of over 40 years.
Fox News’ resident homophobe Tucker Carlson went on a bizarre tangent last week claiming that the Biden’s 44 year marriage is just a PR stunt designed to cover up the president’s deteriorating mental state.
“The Bidens’ affection is totally real,” Carlson said, sarcastically. “It’s in no way part of a slick PR campaign devised by cynical consultants determined to hide the president’s senility by misdirection.”
“No, not at all. Their love is as real as climate change.”
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Tucker Carlson's newest bizarre take is that Jill and Joe Bidens' 44-year marriage is actually a PR sham cooked up by political consultants pic.twitter.com/3MYtCjKqUs
— Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) February 17, 2021
Meanwhile, Fox News commentator Tim Graham wrote a scathing op-ed about Dr. Jill, mocking her doctoral degree by using sarcastic quotation marks around her title and attacking “liberal-Democratic mainstream media” for their “gushy tributes to the new first lady.”
Graham called positive stories about Dr. FLOTUS “ludicrous” and “puffery” and implied anyone who falls for her “carefully curated” public relations “stunts” is an idiot.
“This is the way the Bidens and the Obamas use social media: to sell themselves as loving and ‘relatable’ people. It’s informal poses. It’s campaign work.”
He added that “everything at the White House has a large degree of calculation in it. Everyone should know the gushing liberal newspapers and magazines are aggressively engaged in the politics of humanization.”
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And then there is Fox News’ other resident homophobe Laura Ingraham who recently invited children’s book author Raymond Arroyo onto her show to trash Dr. Jill’s Valentine’s Day decorations at the White House.
“It was like a Hallmark card come to life,” Ingraham said, sarcastically. “It was very moving. Very moving. My heart was pounding.”
“Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Laura,” Arroyo snickered in response. “The Bidens created a long display that you might call ‘Joe and Jill’s garden of love.'”
Later, Ingraham criticized, “A little joy from cardboard cutouts? What is that? Looks like those were made in about five minutes! Could they have put a little more work into those at least?”
Oh, and let’s not forget Newsmax host Greg Kelly, who recently threw a Twitter tantrum after being called a “Male Karen” by a McDonald’s employee, who ripped into the Bidens for having an unpresidential dog and implying they were negligent pet owners.
Kelly was talking about their 12-year-old German Shepherd, Champ, who the Bidens rescued from an animal shelter and who Dr. Jill included in her Puppy Bowl XVII mask PSA.
“Did you see the dog?” Kelly remarked. “Doesn’t he look a little, uh, a little rough? I love dogs, but this dog needs a bath and a comb and all kinds of love and care. I’ve never seen a dog in the White House like this.”
Newsmax guest attacks Biden's dogs for being dirty and "unlike a presidential dog" pic.twitter.com/6yitOlM765
— aliciasadowski (@aliciasadowski6) February 20, 2021
Despite the criticism being lodged against her, Dr. Jill isn’t letting the bastards get her down.
She’s hit the ground running as FLOTUS, keeping a jam-packed calendar of events, virtual appearances, and interviews, as well as pursuing policy projects that she is passionate about. Oh, and she’s doing it all while maintaining her schedule as a professor at a northern Virginia community college.
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dhmonarch89
can you imagine the outrage from the right had Hillary, Micelle or Dr. Jill been mail order brides and soft core porn stars???
Den
Their outrage over a warm educated woman as first lady who actually likes the traditional role is amusing enough.
The right is so incredibly transparent, like two year old children trying to act.
Remember when they claimed with such enthusiasm how Melania was “bringing back elegance and style to the White House”? As if Michelle, a woman of substance who had education, a keen fashion sense, erudition, humor, and clearly loved her husband was somehow a lesser person than a cold and haughty ex-porn model and documented liar!
jackmister
That’s all they got? LOLZ!
Openminded
That was my first thought, If this is the worst that the conservs can find, I’m thinking there’s no problems for the Bidens. I’ve been on the conservative side for a long time, but even I felt like the secret service needed to keep an eye on Melania. The lack of affection displayed between those two was underwhelming.
Max
Ingraham, Kelly, Carlson, and the rest are all pathetic. all they do complain, whining about everything. then they bully people for doing anything wholesome and normal.
even worse are their bosses that let them do it.
Monkey1
There is bullying on both sides, Max. I’m not an American and don’t live there but it’s impossible not to be bombarded by the US news lately. One political side absolutely dispises the other and there is no common ground, I’ve never seen that in another country to this extent. Most citizens in other countries have a preferred party but they actually listen to what everyone has to say, and will call out members of all parties for being fake, or corrupt etc.
Actually in Canada where I live now and the UK where I born and raised, I find the people expect more honesty from the party they voted for and will hold them accountable more than the other party. Why is it in the US that people pick a side politically and defend it despite any evidence of corruption or wrong doing, but call out the same corruption in the other?
Den
“There is bullying on both sides.”
It is bad enough when a US citizen makes the lame and untrue claim that both parties are the same and guilty of the same evils, it is ridiculous when somebody who obviously know next to nothing about US electoral politics makes that claim.
Which party supports LGBT rights?
Which party supports workplace safety over profits?
Which party supports and respects scientific research?
Which party supports the environment, and managing our public lands for future generstions?
Which party supports forward looking energy policy and investment in infrastructure?
It certainly is not the Republican party.
Which party is most characterized by pandering, grift, divisiveness, racism, homophobia and distaste for trans people?
Which one cares little for the future of our land, water, energy, infrastructure, civil rights, health care, etc. and looks only to short term political power and personal financial gains.
There is certainly corruption in the Democratic party, but overwhelmingly it is a problem with the right.
Monkey1
Den, just because someone doesn’t live in the US doesn’t mean they don’t understand US politics. I’ve studied it, as well as those in other countries, I can read and watch news articles to make an informed opinion. The politics of the US is not a secret, right now it’s a huge open book. I’ve been to the US, and I’ve talked to US citizens about politics so I do have an informed understanding of it. Unfortunately what the US does impacts many other countries so many of us non-US citizens like to stay updated, but then what’s really surprising is that so many people actually living in the US are totally blind to what’s going on.
Den
Den, just because someone doesn’t live in the US doesn’t mean they don’t understand US politics.
It is certainly clear as a bell, however, that you do not understand the platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties. So I question seriously what you have been reading or studying! The Republican party has elevated disingenuousness to an art form and clearly, you have been sucked in.
Cam
@Monkey1
The desperation of the right wing troll to defend people attacking Dr. Biden.
Oh ,and you know, you never answered my other question. How do you feel about Melania Trump lying about graduating college, lying about speaking 5 languages, stealing Michelle Obama’s speech for the RNC convention and lying on cameral about writing it “All by herself” and herself bullying other people by pushing a racist birther conspiracy. You never seem to want to comment on any of that
Roy Moss
Why is this surprising? All conservatives are rotten human beings motivated by little more than hate and greed. They are all totally amoral, lacking in decency, kindness, honesty, integrity or honor.
novadude
It’s rich indeed to have a bunch of ignorant Repugnicants talk about a Democratic President being senile when their last Oval Office occupant would drift off and begin drooling on himself if his daily intelligence briefings weren’t, at most, two pages of monosyllables written in crayon!
cuteguy
C’mon, everyone knows that the only kind of First Lady is the one you pay for from Slovenia. Be Best at being grabbed by the pu$sy.
Tombear
What kind of person would publicly ridicule a 12 year old dog? This country has gone to Hell!
Den
Den
The low level of the talking heads on Fox, NewsMax and OAN is pretty obvious. The lies, baseless allegations and innuendo (Tucker Carlson is really good at that) is all they’ve go.
So they look at a picture of a pretty typical older rescue dog and whine about how it looks dirty and unkempt to them. They (Tucker is the leader here) have to imply that Jill and Joe’s relationship is a sham and she is just there to help hide his dementia.
They have nothing substantive to criticize.
joeboyle49
SEE THE RIGHT WING HAVE TO COVER UP TRUMP’S DOING AND ACT LIKE HE WAS KING?? SO THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BIDENS BECAUSE THE BIDENS LOVE EACH OTHER AND HAVE FOR 44 YEARS. THE TRUMPS WEREN’T MARRIED THAT LONG BECAUSE THE ORANGE CLOWN HAS BEEN MARRIED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLAYED WITH SEVERAL M ODELS AN D ATTEMPTED RAPE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT WOMEN!!
rbernard
After 4 years of reporting on Donald Trump’s manic presidency, right wing news media seem to be very uncomfortable having to shift gears and report on nice normal people the majority of us can relate to.