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‘A step toward accountability’: KY Republicans react to Hunter Biden guilty verdict

‘A step toward accountability’: KY Republicans react to Hunter Biden guilty verdict  Yahoo! Voices

KentuckyRepublicansofferedawiderangeofreactionstoHunterBiden’sguiltyverdictforlyingaboutdrugusewhenhepurchasedahandgunsixyearsago. Rep.JamesComer,thechairmanoftheHouseOversightCommitteewhohasdoggedlypursuedaninvestigationofPresidentJoeBidenandhisson,heraldedtheoutcomeasa“steptowardaccountability.” ButRep.ThomasMassie,theNorthernKentuckycontrarianlibertarianwhooftenpartswithRepublicanorthodoxy,declaredthepunishmentofthepresident’ssonunworthyofthecrime. “Huntermightdeservetobeinjailforsomething,butpurchasingagunisnotit,”Massiepostedonsocialmedia.“Therearemillionsofmarijuanauserswhoowngunsinthiscountry,andnoneofthemshouldbeinjailforpurchasingorpossessingafirearmagainstcurrentlaws.” ThentherewasLexingtonRep.AndyBarr,whosimplyexpressedbemusementatthetimingoftheverdict,whileavoidingasubstantivejudgmentonitonewayortheother. “ItistrulyironicthatJoeBidenistalkingguncontro