Brit Hume warned Democrats on Fox News Monday against making immigration a central campaign issue, saying President Donald Trump is clearly succeeding where former President Joe Biden struggled.
During an appearance on āSpecial Report with Bret Baier,ā Hume discussed Trumpās first 100 days in office. Hume said he was confused why Democrats keep attacking Trump on an issue in which heās āclearly succeeding.ā
āIf the Democrats were smart, theyād wait and see which ones heās able to catch and which ones heās able to succeed on and which ones he isnāt. That process, because thereās so many of them, is bound to have some failures, because there always are. But to attack him on an issue in which heās clearly succeeding, I donāt quite understand.ā
Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted his own party Sunday, accusing Democrats of being too weak against Republicans and wrongly blaming 2024 losses on issues like immigration and transgender rights. Hume described the contrast between Trumpās border policies and Bidenās.
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āWe need to secure our border. We need to keep and attract hard-working, tax-paying, law-abiding people. And give them a path to citizenship. Itās interesting he chooses that. And thatās what President Biden said. We can only do so much,ā Hume said. āWe need Congress to act. And yet you look at these numbers on the southwest border, Bret. Itās night and day. I donāt think I was picking issues for the Democrats to try to come back at Trump on.ā
Beyond immigration, Hume said Bidenās broader record remains shaky, whereas Trump succeeded.
āIād pick immigration. He succeeded on immigration, at least in terms of the border, which you heard the governor mention. So, look, the president is in some difficulty on a lot of issues. And partly for this reason, Brett. He was narrowly elected, convincingly, to be sure, decisively, but narrowly,ā Hume said. āAnd he made a lot of promises, and he claimed a big mandate. Thereās always a temptation on the part of new incoming presidents to overread their mandates. Biden certainly did. He thought he was going to be the new FDR.ā
Hume pointed to Bidenās unfulfilled promises on major foreign policy fronts, including ending the war in Ukraine and containing Iranās nuclear ambitions.
āThis president has undertaken a lot of things. Peace in the world. He promised to end the war in Ukraine almost immediately. Heās still struggling to find traction on that, although he certainly worked hard on it, no doubt about that,ā Hume said. āAnd the situation in the Middle East remains unresolved. We donāt know yet what weāre going to be able to do about Iran and the prospect of it getting a bomb and all that. So as you suggested earlier, Bret, there are a lot of things up in the air.ā
Democrats are struggling with sinking approval ratings and internal divisions ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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