Joe Biden spoke to the press for the first time since the revelation that he received direct payments from one of his son's shady businesses. That news broke in the face of the president's repeated denials over the years claiming that he had zero connections to Hunter Biden's dealings. 

When faced with the glaring contradiction, Joe Biden freaked out, doubling down and storming out of the press conference.

REMINDER: Emails, texts, voicemails, photos, bank records, and sworn witness testimony prove Joe Biden was FULLY INVOLVED in his Hunter's corrupt foreign business deals. pic.twitter.com/bKdQCwy1VZ

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 6, 2023

The problem with being senile is that it gets in the way of being a good liar. It has been proven through numerous pieces of evidence that Joe Biden met directly with his son's business associates. In one case, a Russian oligarch was even granted dinner with the then-vice president after she paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million. 

There is also direct testimony, including from Devon Archer, showing that Joe Biden would routinely end up on the phone during his son's business meetings. Other times, Hunter Biden would be with a client and his father would just so happen to call in to talk about "the weather." On that front, the most recent report shows that the now-president had 327 different such encounters.  As many have speculated, it appears the real goal was to show that Joe Biden was involved and that the influence-peddling operation was sound.

Long story short, it is not a "bunch of lies" to say that Joe Biden interacted with his son's business partners. We know he did, and the fact that he continues to blatantly lie about it is astonishing. It's so astonishing that even CNN did a report exposing it earlier in the year.

Biden just claimed "it's a bunch of lies" that he ever interacted with Hunter's foreign business associates.

Here is CNN confirming Biden did, in fact, "interact with some of his son's associates while serving as VP."pic.twitter.com/an9mHBvBDX

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 6, 2023

I'm hesitant to say the walls are closing in because Democrats have a political plot armor, but it's undeniable that things are getting bad for Joe Biden. He can't just keep shutting down questions on this without inviting a backlash from even those in the press who are predisposed to defend him. Further complicating his situation is that there are many Democrats who do not want him to be the nominee in 2024. Every piece of bad news provides fodder for those trying to force him out. 

I think most Democrats realize that this is only going to get worse as more and more is uncovered. To ride with Biden in 2024 is to invite very bad odds of winning the presidency. I expect the internal drama to get much worse in the near term.