CNN commentators Scott Jennings and Jamal Simmons clashed on Tuesday over whether they would continue to support President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee.

Jennings and Simmons both appeared on “Erin Burnett Outfront” to discuss ongoing reports that Democrats want to replace Biden due to his poor performance in the debates. Simmons argued that “most Democrats” are ready to give Biden the opportunity to show the party he can run for president for another four years by suggesting more “long-form, unscripted events,” but Jennings pushed back against the idea, citing recent invitations to invite Hunter Biden to debate. meeting. (RELATED: Hunter Biden reportedly is the biggest lobbying force to keep his father in the presidential race)

“Long unscripted events. Well, yeah, that's what debates are,” Jennings said. “The other day he did a 90-minute unscripted event and it was a disaster. Here's my take: Today is a great day. First, the New York Times is reporting that he's not attending meetings, which is becoming more and more frequent. Second, we learned today that a felon and drug addict is sitting in on senior White House staff meetings. Third, the president is blaming his dismal performance on Thursday, in front of his own donors tonight, on a foreign trip that ended 12 days before the debate.”

“This is what's called a high-velocity collapse,” he continued. “The White House is off the rails. The president has effectively admitted tonight that he is unfit to both campaign and serve as president. I don't know where we go from here, but this is a big day and I would be surprised to see more Democrats step up and say, 'What are we doing? We're heading for disaster.'”

“I assume Scott was referring to felons who kept secret documents in the bathroom and at Mar-a-Lago? We didn't talk tonight about that, but there were felons involved,” Simmons responded.

“Jamal, are you comfortable? Are you comfortable with Hunter Biden running the White House senior staff meetings? Do you think this is a good thing? Do you think this is a good thing?” Jennings countered.

“Why are you yelling at me?” Simmons asked.

“Look, I'm not saying this, I'm asking you,” Jennings said. “We're talking about Biden tonight, he's admitting to his own donors and people in your party that he can't both perform and campaign. And you want to talk about the Mar-a-Lago Papers case, which won't go to trial until November. This is a sitting president for whom you worked. If you were in a senior staff meeting, would you want Hunter Biden looking over your shoulder? That's my question.”

Simmons went on to claim that “MAGA Republicans” are taking away Americans' “freedoms,” and said he believes former President Donald Trump “is still going to be in trouble” despite the infighting within the Democratic Party over Biden.