Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called the indictment of Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, a “smokescreen” amid allegations of other crimes surrounding the Biden family.

The indictment of the first son on Thursday contains three charges related to allegedly unlawful ownership of a gun. Ramaswamy said it’s an attempt to “deflect attention away from the real problem” of allegations that the Biden family sold “U.S. foreign policy for their own family’s private financial gain.”

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“Today’s indictment of Hunter Biden is a smokescreen. Don’t fall for it. This is a fig leaf designed to deflect attention away from the real problem: the Biden family is selling out U.S. foreign policy for their own family’s private financial gain. That’s really what’s wrong, and we must hold politicians in both major political parties when they use our foreign policy to enrich their family members,” Ramaswamy said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Ramaswamy also praised House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) announcement earlier this week that he would be opening an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, calling it a “step in the right direction.”

“The impeachment inquiry initiated by the House against President Biden is a step in the right direction, but the public shouldn’t fall for the trick of diverting attention away from the true problem. It’s also no accident that today’s indictment comes at a moment when President Biden’s own popularity within the Democratic Party is cratering,” Ramaswamy posted.

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“I predict this is the first step for the Democrat Party managerial class to pressure Joe Biden out of the race. Biden will become a sacrificial pawn in service to the deep state that wants to keep power at all costs,” he continued.

Hunter Biden was charged with making a false statement to purchase a firearm, making a false statement related to information required to be kept by federal firearms licensed dealers, and possessing a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to controlled substances. The indictment was handed down by special counsel David Weiss.