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In a long [[profanity]]-laced Twitter thread, former Obama administration director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub lambasted the
In a long [[profanity]]-laced Twitter thread, former Obama administration director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub lambasted the
way the junta handed out jobs to “privileged white kids,” as a “f*****g failure.” The ''Washington Post'' reported that while Biden banned his son Hunter, his brother James, and his sister-in-law from working in the federal government, “that vow did not extend to his senior staff and their relatives. In the first few months of Biden’s presidency, at least five children of his top aides have secured coveted jobs....Beyond children, other relatives of top Biden aides also have secured high-level administration jobs or nominations.”
way the junta handed out jobs to “privileged white kids,” as a “f*****g failure.” The ''Washington Post'' reported that while Biden banned his son Hunter, his brother James, and his sister-in-law from working in the federal government, “that vow did not extend to his senior staff and their relatives. In the first few months of Biden’s presidency, at least five children of his top aides have secured coveted jobs....Beyond children, other relatives of top Biden aides also have secured high-level administration jobs or nominations.”
[[File:Biden art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden art: a new way of funneling bribes to the White House.]]
Shaub implied that those Democrats who hyperventilated about [[Ivanka Trump]] and [[Jared Kushner]] working as unpaid advisers should apply the same benchmark to the current White House occupant. “I’m sorry, I know some folks don’t like hearing any criticism of [Biden]. But this royally sucks. I’m disgusted. A lot of us worked hard to tee him up to restore ethics to government and believed the promises. This is a a real “f–k you” to us—and government ethics.”<ref>https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1405882687026520065</ref>
Shaub implied that those Democrats who hyperventilated about [[Ivanka Trump]] and [[Jared Kushner]] working as unpaid advisers should apply the same benchmark to the current White House occupant. “I’m sorry, I know some folks don’t like hearing any criticism of [Biden]. But this royally sucks. I’m disgusted. A lot of us worked hard to tee him up to restore ethics to government and believed the promises. This is a a real “f–k you” to us—and government ethics.”<ref>https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1405882687026520065</ref>