July 28, 2023 7:50pm EDT
Biden panned for 'Friday night news dump' acknowledging 7th grandchild to People mag: 'Absolutely disgusting'
For years, the president refused to acknowledge the child Hunter Biden had with an Arkansas woman
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News
President Biden took heat from critics after he finally acknowledged his seventh grandchild in a "Friday night news dump" to People magazine.
Weeks after his son Hunter Biden settled his court battle with the mother of their 4-year-old child Navy Joan, the president offered an exclusive statement to the magazine, commenting on Navy's existence for the very first time after years of claiming he had only six grandchildren.
"Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward," the statement read. "This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy."
Biden was panned on social media for making such news just he goes off on an extended vacation.
"On Friday at 5pm Biden releases a statement to People," Axios correspondent Alex Thompson pointed out.
"Hahahahahah The baby is a Friday night news dump for Joe Biden," Ruthless podcast co-host Comfortably Smug reacted.
"Always classy when you summer Friday night news dump an acknowledgment of your grandchild," Fourth Watch media critic Steve Krakauer similarly wrote.
"This was becoming a storyline the White House could no longer ignore," MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire tweeted.
"Imagine being acknowledged as a grandchild only because polling against was so bad," conservative Twitter personality Fusilli Spock said.
"Nothing says 'I love you' like pivoting on poll numbers," Substack writer Ian Hayworth similarly tweeted.
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