Though much about the cover-up was known well before the book's release, the fresh revelations coming from Jake Tapper's and Alex Thompson's new Joe Biden exposé, "Original Sin," have opened up the floodgates, with members of the MSM now claiming without evidence that the Biden White House hid this from them, and Democrats close to the former president insultingly asserting they never saw any of it.

For instance, we learned there were "internal discussions" among senior aides and Biden's physicians as to whether Biden needed a wheelchair because his walk had gotten so bad, allegedly due to spinal arthritis. However, his aides concluded that doing so before the election would not be a good idea and would essentially prove points his opponent, then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, had made about him.

Further, the book confirmed what many of us already knew about how Biden's handlers, including his wife, former First Lady Jill Biden, were "push[ing] forward with the president's re-election campaign despite seeing signs of physical and mental decline over the course of his administration."

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And now, during the official release week for the book, other purported "journalists" who suffer from serious cases of TDS are lashing out, accusing Tapper and Thompson of doing this for the money while coverage of Donald Trump supposedly falls by the wayside.

Leading the way is the notoriously deceptive former Vox.com journo Aaron Rupar, who approvingly shared a story from a Chicago freelance writer who writes for his newsletter, and who also apparently thinks White House cover-ups of this magnitude are not a big deal in the scheme of things:

"Tapper and Thompson want to be the center of the conversation because it will help them sell books. But with daily assaults on our constitution by the current inhabitant of the WH, the rest of us have, or should have, more important things to focus on." https://t.co/RPleruhgwI

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 19, 2025

Interestingly, Joe Biden's granddaughter and Hunter Biden's daughter, Naomi, also entered the chat after apparently receiving an early copy of the book, and accused the authors of rampant falsehoods:

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.

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… https://t.co/nANtfNhEqI

— Naomi Biden (@NaomiBiden) May 19, 2025

For starters, let us get this out of the way:

I mean, you got a Vogue cover, a White House wedding, and a rent-free stay at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Grandpa’s presidency may have screwed over the rest of the Democratic Party, America, and global peace and security, but it worked out very well for you! https://t.co/XqNUdKcC6g pic.twitter.com/l2KXPORDpf

— Tiana Lowe Doescher (@TianaTheFirst) May 20, 2025

Secondly, let's all act shocked that a close family member would think this about a book critical of Biden and his handlers.

Third, and as Fox News anchor Lawrence Jones III pointed out, "questions about the cover-up of President Biden’s mental acuity, which many of us reported, and which is now supported by this book, MUST continue. His family would do well to remain silent. They ALL knew better than anyone else, yet no one stepped in." 

And from the looks of things, that included former First Lady Jill Biden.

On one hand, I do think that Tapper in particular is a self-serving journo out for recognition and who is disgustingly profiting off of some of the same lies about Joe Biden that he and his network, CNN, helped perpetuate during the Biden-Harris years. 

That said, what he and Thompson have uncovered is something far more extensive than previously known about the extent of deception and the levels of intimidation used against anyone who dared stray from the official narrative.

That journalists are now at war with each other over the release of this book and whether or not uncovering the cover-up should be a priority in the Trump 47 era is popcorn-worthy to me, and rather than stand in the way, I'm going to be joining my friends in the cheap seats, popcorn in hand, to watch the corporate media's self-destruction continue.

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