Biden scoffed for choosing The Weather Channel for a rare sit-down TV interview

Joe Biden sits down for an interview with The Weather Channel on Tuesday — confusing critics with jokes about Democratic claims that the president only discussed the “weather” during conversations with his son’s business associates.

Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, told Congress during closed-door testimony earlier this month that the older Biden, 80, would often participate in business conversations with his son. He insisted, however, that they were mostly casual conversations about things like the weather.

Now President Biden has agreed to the rare sit-down interview, held in Arizona to discuss extreme weather events across the country and how to tackle climate change. The interview will be broadcast in full on Wednesday.

Of the outlet pick he saw for a reporter for the first time since mid-July, White House communications director Ben LaBolt tweeted that Biden is simply “meeting viewers where they are” because some voters don’t tune in to political news.

Republicans jumped on the outlet pick by citing Democratic claims that President Joe Biden only discussed the “weather” during phone calls with his son Hunter Biden and his associates

Democrats jumped on Archer’s testimony as a reasonable explanation for why Biden was on the phone with his son’s foreign business associates.

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) told MSNBC that it is not a crime to “exchange courtesy.”

Are there any problematic questions about Hunter Biden? And I said something that shouldn’t be controversial, which is that if you commit a crime, you should be held accountable,” Himes told MSNBC after Archer’s testimony. “But have they pointed out anything that indicates that Joe Biden has engaged in corrupt behavior? No.’

He added, “And on the contrary, Hunter Biden’s business partner said, “Yeah, he was on the phone. He was talking about the weather. He exchanged pleasantries.”’

In addition, Rep. Daniel Goldman (DN.Y.) had the same strange “weather” response when asked by reporters at the Capitol why he didn’t care about the conversations Joe Biden had with Hunter while on speaker with foreign nationals. business partners.

“Obviously it was part of the daily conversations Hunter had with his father,” Himes said of the calls. And it was — or so it sounded — mostly, now President Biden didn’t even know who the people he was eating were.

“He was just asked to say hello. He would, you know, talk about the – he described it several times, they asked it over and over again,” he added. “He described what the weather was like, ‘what’s going on on your side?’ The witness was very, very consistent that none of those conversations ever had to do with business dealings or dealings.

“It was purely what he called casual conversations.”

Of the upcoming interview on The Weather Channel, Chad Gilmartin, a spokesman for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, tweeted, “Well this makes sense since Joe Biden has called Hunter’s business partners over 20 times to discuss the weather…”

Democratic Representatives Jim Himes (left) and Daniel Goldman (right) both told the press that Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, said President Joe Biden only discussed the weather during phone conversations with foreign businessmen

Appearing for closed-door testimony at the House Oversight Committee last month, Devon Archer told the panel there had been at least 20 instances of Hunter putting his father on speakerphone during meetings with foreign aides

Biden’s White House claims he was not involved in his son’s shady foreign business dealings

Will he also put Hunter Biden and his entire board of business partners on speakerphone to “talk about the weather?” Seems appropriate,” tweeted conservative internet personality Danny De Urbina.

The interview will be conducted by Stephanie Abrams and will air from Wednesday morning.

“Today at the Grand Canyon, the president will record an interview about his plan to combat climate change, address the threat of extreme weather, and promote resilience,” wrote communications director LaBolt.

“Meeting viewers where they are — including those who don’t regularly tune in to political news.”