# Can someone explain the Hunter Biden Scandal to me?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 20, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-hunter-biden-scandal-to-me/961392 "2022-03-20T21:38:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-hunter-biden-scandal-to-me/961392/36 "2022-04-05T20:23:53Z")

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> [@The Trump Impeachment Inquiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry/840771/690):
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> [Manufacturing dirt is straight out of the Trump Campaign playbook](https://www.axios.com/inside-the-trump-campaigns-plan-of-attack-03364e8d-99ea-418b-b6e7-510c117dc0bf.html):
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> > The RNC is “going to make whoever the nominee is radioactive well before they get the nomination,” a former campaign official told Axios. “That’s Trump’s strategy. Stay at 45-46% [in the polls] and just make the other guy radioactive.”

There is the strong possibility that they tried to make Joe radioactive by going after his son because they couldn’t find any other way.

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