Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Wednesday urged President Trump to not focus on Hunter Biden during the second and final presidential debate, saying it would be “a mistake.”
The former GOP presidential candidate argued during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” that “the average person doesn’t understand” the “complicated” nature of the story around the younger Biden and how it pertains to his father, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
“Forget about all the distractions of everything except one thing: Remind the American people that it is their lives that really on the mark right now,” Huckabee said on Fox News, where he is a contributor.
“But he’s leading with Hunter Biden,” co-host Brian Kilmeade noted, referring to allegations about the younger Biden’s business ties that Trump and his allies have raised recently. “Is that a mistake?”
“Yes, it is a mistake,” Huckabee replied. “Because the average person doesn’t understand it. It’s too complicated. And frankly, it doesn’t matter to them.”
“They care about their health care costs. They care about their taxes. They care about safety in their neighborhood on their block,” he added. “Focus on that, and he wins the election by a landslide.”
Trump and Biden will square off in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday night in their final showdown just 12 days ahead of the Nov. 3 election. The debate is expected to draw more than 70 million viewers.
Biden currently leads Trump in the RealClearPolitics index of polls in battleground states of North Carolina, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania by an average of 4 points, 49.2 percent to 45.2 percent.