Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, who is considering a 2028 presidential run, brushed off criticism from former President Biden’s son, Hunter, who accused Emanuel of walking away from the party’s values.

Emanuel responded on Monday to a clip of the younger Biden’s remarks during an interview on SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” saying he’s “got empathy” for him, but doesn’t take the criticism too seriously.

“I think we’re giving this more time than it’s due,” he said. “That’s my own view. A little empathetic, you have a son who’s blinded by his own love for, in effect, and loyalty for his father, and I get that, but not the first phone call I’m going to make for a strategery.”

Earlier Monday, Hunter Biden paraphrased remarks from “Rahm f—ing Emanuel” in an interview with journalist and YouTube personality Andrew Callaghan.

“We got to understand that these people are really mad, and we got to appeal to these white voters,” Biden said. He then responded to the sentiment.

“Rahm, the only people that f—ing appeal to those f—ing white voters was Joe Biden,” he replied. “81 years old and he got 81 million votes… not because he appeased their f—ing Trumpian sense but because he challenged it, and he said, ‘You can be an 81-year-old Catholic from f—ing Scranton that doesn’t understand it but still has empathy for transgender people and immigrants.’”

Emanuel has served in a multitude of political positions — from Chicago mayor to former President Obama’s White House chief of staff, to senior adviser to former President Clinton to chair of the House Democrats’ campaign arm, among others.

He has indicated his interest in launching a 2028 presidential run and has begun to position himself to the right of some progressive members of his party.

In the same interview, Emanuel told Kelly that he does not think a man can “become a woman,” breaking with his party on the issue of transgender rights.