Hunter Biden’s latest podcast appearance was not a stumble — it was a provocation. On the Wide Awake Podcast he openly urged Democrats to “turn the temperature up” against MAGA figures and even launched personal attacks on a conservative journalist, an escalation that should alarm any patriot who believes in peaceful civic debate. The rhetoric was raw and reckless, and it didn’t come out of nowhere.
Byron York, appearing on The Ingraham Angle, rightly called out the dangerous logic behind Biden’s words, saying Hunter is “applying the logic of his experience as a crack addict” when he argues the country must hit rock bottom to recover. That blunt observation exposes a disturbing mindset: using chaos as a strategy is not bravery, it’s nihilism dressed up as therapy. Americans don’t want engineered collapse; we want common-sense solutions and stability.
Even some on the left are quietly admitting this scorched-earth approach is backfiring, with Democratic strategists warning that incessant hyperbole and extreme rhetoric push voters away. If your response to political opposition is to stoke fury instead of offering ideas, you lose the argument and risk tearing the country apart in the process. Political combat should be about persuasion and policy, not cheering for societal breakdown.
Let’s be blunt about the messenger: Hunter Biden’s public record of addiction, erratic behavior, and legal entanglements undercuts any claim to moral authority when he counsels escalation. His own memoir, prosecutions and the long saga around the laptop and investigations make him an unreliable guide for national strategy. Voters deserve leaders who recover and reform privately, not those who weaponize their personal demons as a plan for the nation.
Byron York’s warning that some on the left see chaos as valuable is not mere punditry — it’s a sober reminder that political ends do not justify reckless means. When activists block law enforcement, disrupt borders, or celebrate disorder, they don’t expand liberty; they empower the most dangerous actors in any society. Conservatives must call that out loudly and insist on accountability, not applause for lawlessness.
Patriots who love this country should be united in rejecting calls to “turn up the temperature.” We stand for the rule of law, for families trying to raise kids in peace, and for a prosperous republic where disagreements are settled at the ballot box and not in the streets. Demand better from the media, demand better from the left, and most of all demand better from anyone who would trade our stability for a political stunt.
