Has Joe Biden just made life harder for Democrats?
The News Agents - USA
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🗓️ 4 December 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Joe Biden decided late on Sunday to pardon his only surviving son, Hunter Biden who was convicted on gun charges earlier this year. It might have been the spectre of the incoming FBI Chief Kash Patel that spurred his choice. Or a sense that he ultimately had nothing to lose politically (and everything to lose personally) if he did not.
How have Democrats responded after repeated promises that President Biden would respect the law and wouldn't pardon his son? We speak to Chair of the Harriz Walz Campaign Rep Jasmine Crockett.
Later, Republican Strategist Mike Murphy joins us to talk through the latest Trump picks and the shape of things to come in America 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.6 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Questions? |
| 0:14.0 | Yes. |
| 0:14.5 | Do you agree with some of your Democratic colleagues to see that President Biden's |
| 0:18.5 | pardoned Hunter Biden was wrong or unwise, |
| 0:21.5 | puts personal interest ahead of duty. |
| 0:23.8 | I got nothing for you on that. |
| 0:25.6 | Can I call up on that? |
| 0:26.9 | Are you concerned with the lack of transparency, lack of honesty around Biden's |
| 0:30.4 | as I said, I got nothing for you on that. |
| 0:33.6 | Nope. |
| 0:36.6 | That was Chuck Schumer, America's third most powerful Democrat. |
| 0:42.7 | And as you heard, he has nothing to say when asked to respond to Joe Biden's pardoning of his own son Hunter, which came this weekend. |
| 0:55.7 | Now, Chuck Schumer is not a man who has few opinions. |
| 0:59.9 | He has very many opinions as the Senate leader of the Democrats. |
| 1:03.7 | But on this, it is excruciating, because Democrats don't know what to say, |
| 1:10.1 | don't know which way to turn, |
| 1:12.1 | following the shock news that after months of saying he would not pardon his son, he has. |
| 1:18.9 | So is this really damaging now for the Democratic Party? |
| 1:23.3 | Welcome to the Newsagents USA. |
| 1:31.6 | Thank you. Welcome to the Newsagents USA. It's John. |
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