On Tuesday morning, CNN’s New Day aired a portion of primetime anchor Chris Cuomo’s interview with Joe and Jill Biden. Cuomo asked the Bidens about their son, Hunter, who has been the subject of corruption concerns for his involvement with multiple foreign companies during his father’s tenure as Vice President.

Those concerns are legitimate, but the CNN morning show instead painted Hunter Biden as the victim of "personal" attacks by Republicans. CNN political analyst Astead Herndon tried to pivot those serious questions about suspicious financial dealings into a conversation about Hunter Biden’s mental health:

So, I think that as Republicans have mounted up using Hunter Biden's international lobbying, it is interesting to see the Bidens come out proactively and admit some of the struggles that he has had, and say, actually that's something that causes us to relate more closely to the American people. We know that kind of mental health issues -- problems, addiction issues are top of mind for American voters. So clearly, the Bidens are making a choice to come out that I think folks can commend, but also gets them to answer some of the political questions that Republicans have already shown the willingness to enter into that kind of murkier, more personal terrain.

Herndon’s focus on this gives the audience the impression that Republicans are attacking Hunter Biden for concerns over his mental health. The discussion is regarding possible corruption, not mental health.

Herndon was either woefully ignorant to the point conservatives were making, or he intentionally obfuscated it to mislead his audience into believing that Republicans are vicious monsters who will get low and attack a politician’s child for personal, health-related issues.

This isn’t the only issue with Herndon’s analysis, though. The left and the liberal media have aggressively attacked the entirety of the Trump family since the announcement of his 2016 campaign and showed their “willingness to enter into that kind of murkier, more personal terrain” far before any questions of corruption were raised.

In sharp contrast, the moment that a question was raised about a Democrat's family member, they cried foul. It’s time the left, and especially the media, recognize such blatant hypocrisy.

Here is the transcript from the segment: