‘A step toward accountability’: KY Republicans react to Hunter Biden guilty verdict Yahoo! Voices
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KentuckyRepublicansofferedawiderangeofreactionstoHunterBiden’sguiltyverdictforlyingaboutdrugusewhenhepurchasedahandgunsixyearsago.
Rep.JamesComer,thechairmanoftheHouseOversightCommitteewhohasdoggedlypursuedaninvestigationofPresidentJoeBidenandhisson,heraldedtheoutcomeasa“steptowardaccountability.”
ButRep.ThomasMassie,theNorthernKentuckycontrarianlibertarianwhooftenpartswithRepublicanorthodoxy,declaredthepunishmentofthepresident’ssonunworthyofthecrime.
“Huntermightdeservetobeinjailforsomething,butpurchasingagunisnotit,”Massiepostedonsocialmedia.“Therearemillionsofmarijuanauserswhoowngunsinthiscountry,andnoneofthemshouldbeinjailforpurchasingorpossessingafirearmagainstcurrentlaws.”
ThentherewasLexingtonRep.AndyBarr,whosimplyexpressedbemusementatthetimingoftheverdict,whileavoidingasubstantivejudgmentonitonewayortheother.
“ItistrulyironicthatJoeBidenistalkingguncontro