Transcript of Democrats aren't feeling good after President Biden pardoned Hunter, ex-Dem adviser says

Let's bring in Dan Turrentine, former Democrat, advisor and co-host of the morning meeting, which we enjoyed greatly during this election season. All right, Dan, how are Democrats feeling after this pardon that was just decided?

They're not feeling good, Jesse. When you have both Stephen A. Smith and John Stort going after you, you definitely have a problem. I think, unfortunately, this was the capstone to what's been two years of political failure on the part of Joe Biden as the political leader of our party. Democrats have believed now for the last almost nine years since Trump rose in two bedrock principles. One, is that no man is above the law, and two, that the institutions of this country and the people that work for him are good and honorable. And Joe Biden just knee-capped right out from under us both of those principles. And now, no doubt that Donald Trump will likely issue pardons to friends and others. He'll say, Hey, those people were convicted and attacked because of me, because they support me. He's probably going to do some reforms to the Department of Justice and the FBI and Democrats are going to scream, What are you doing? He's going to say, Even Joe Biden thinks that those institutions are corrupt, the people there are corrupt, and this is all politics. It puts the Democratic Party basically in handcuffs as it gets ready to deal with Donald Trump.

You said this was a capstone to, I don't know if you said a failed presidency, but the last two words have been bad last for a few years. Are you a Biden Democrat? Would you go like this if I asked?

I am a proud Democrat. I think the party has a real problem here as it heads into the future, and that is it is not seen as authentic or trustful.

Okay, so that's a no.

That's a big no.

Do you know any Biden Democrats? I just invited the entire country, if you're a Biden Democrat, come on the show and defend this guy.

It's getting harder and harder to find. I mean, look at all the Senate candidates up in 2026 that are saying things. The grassroots are upset. It's hard to find anybody because they feel like going back to last year when everyone saw Joe Biden declining his mental acuity, and they were told all was well. Then we have the debate.

But let me interrupt you because no one watching on TV thought that. You didn't need to hear from Biden insiders that all was well. You could see he was not well. Why did the Democratic Party just carry that lie ahead?

Look, I mean, some Some of us were saying it over a year ago that it was an issue the party needed to really bring to the forefront and debate. I think that they were so... Their trumped arrangement syndrome. They were so desperate to take to defeat them that the Biden people said, Look, we did it once. The midterms, we did better than anyone thought. We can talk about why that was. But they said, Look, we can do this. We're the only ones that can do this. The party was so afraid of having a debate and actually putting ideas forth that they rallied around him, even though the voters clearly saw he was declining.

Well, you made a great point when you've lost John Stuart and Stephen A. Smith as a Democrat. You got a problem. You got a problem. All right, again, talk to any Biden Democrats. They have an open invitation.Thank you.Thank you very much. Click here to subscribe to the Fox News YouTube page to catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis. You won't get it anywhere else.