Joe Biden's granddaughter, Naomi Biden, slams new Jake Tapper book
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Naomi Biden slammed the new Jake Tapper book about her grandfather, former President Joe Biden, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday afternoon, calling the book "political fairy smut."
A new book by the CNN anchor has ignited fierce criticism from liberals and media observers who accuse Tapper of profiting from a narrative he once helped downplay: Biden's mental and physical decline during his final year in office.
The book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, co-authored with Axios journalist Alex Thompson, alleges that Biden's inner circle, including his family and top aides, orchestrated a comprehensive effort to obscure the president's deteriorating condition from the public, donors and even members of his own cabinet.
Naomi Biden, 31, posted on Monday, "Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class. The ones who rarely enter the arena, but profit from the spectacle of those that do. Put simply, it amounts to a bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck. It relies on unnamed, anonymous sources pushing a self-serving false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare.
All of this at the expense of a man so completely good and honest that it is impossible for these people to ever understand the why or how of it all. There are real stories to be told and one day they will be. I suspect history will reward the truth."
This is developing news and will be updated as more information is available.
