Ex-Pennsylvania Democrat Steve Kochanowski explains switch to GOP on 'Fox & Friends' as he slams Biden

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: President Joe Biden is causing the Democratic party to lose its supporter base in his hometown of Pennsylvania, according to Fox News.

Former Democrat from the state Steve Kochanowski joined the December 29 episode of 'Fox & Friends' to share why he switched to the GOP ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Steve Kochanowski believes President Joe Biden has not followed through on his promise

Speaking with co-host Joey Jones, Kochanowski stated, "This wasn't the Joe Biden that I voted for in 2020. This Joe Biden is now a Bernie Sanders lite."

"He came along, and he promised to be a unifier. He promised to bring the country together, and he's done the exact opposite. And he's let his own party dictate what he wants to do, when he should be dictating what he wants to do," the former Democrat added.

Steve Kochanowski's take on the state of the economy

"Everybody's hurting," said Kochanowski, addressing the subject of inflation and how it is hurting the pockets of average Americans.

"A couple of years ago, you could go to a grocery store, you spend $100, you get a couple bags of groceries," he proceeded to explain.

"Now, you're going into the grocery store and one bag of groceries, maybe you have not even a week's worth of food there… and that's for one person. … When you're talking about a family, you may have a couple of days on that now," he added.

"We obviously have suffered some job losses here. … We've actually lost jobs in Pittsburgh since 2020… The economy isn't working," he further said.

The trend of Democrats switching to Republican

State Department data shows that 35,589 Democrats re-registered as Republicans, while only 15,622 Republicans switched to the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania, as of December 18.

On November 13, President Biden posted on X, "I don’t look at the economy through the eyes of Wall Street and Park Avenue. I look at it through the eyes of the people I grew up with in Scranton, Pennsylvania or Claymont, Delaware."

However, not all locals agreed with the statement as a Scranton resident reportedly told Fox News, "I don't think any of them see through the eyes of the people. I think all of them see it through the eyes of Washington."