CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Monday criticized his network for allowing the Harris campaign to misinterpret former President Trump's comments in a way that was “intended to radicalize.”
Trump was rushed off the Trump International golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, last Sunday after Secret Service agents found a man with a gun in the bushes. Authorities are calling it a second assassination attempt, with Trump claiming that “comments” from President Biden and Vice President Harris were what got him “shot.”
The day after the assassination attempt, CNN host Abby Phillips hosted a panel of commentators to discuss the connections between the heated debate over the election and the recent assassination attempt on President Trump.
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings accused numerous outlets, including his own network, of allowing Trump's comments to be taken widely out of context.
“When I look at what Democratic politicians are saying about Donald Trump, what Democratic pundits are saying about Donald Trump, and when I see their policies based on a series of lies that were frankly designed to radicalize their political base, it makes me wonder… how much do they really care about the violence that you and I both agree is terrible?” Jennings asked.
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He accused the Harris campaign of stoking fears about what would happen to the country if Trump were president again.
“The basis of her campaign is something she has said repeatedly: 'Trump is going to be a dictator from day one.' So this country will fight against dictators. That's our history. We will fight against dictators,” he said, as the panel shouted out that that was true.
During a town hall meeting with Sean Hannity in December, Trump joked that he wouldn't be a dictator “except for day one,” adding, “except for day one, when we close the border and we keep drilling, drilling, drilling. And after that, I'm not a dictator.”
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump arrives at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas to board a flight after a campaign rally, Saturday, September 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“'It's going to be a disaster,'” Jennings said, as another example of Trump's prediction of an economic “catastrophe” for the auto industry if Biden wins being taken out of context.
“The candidate, Donald Trump, has said that if the outcome of this election is not what he wants, there will be bloodshed,” Harris said during last week's presidential debate.
“Anyone who works for or with the Democrats [Harris’] “We campaign every day on this network and other networks,” Jennings said. “There's bloodshed every day.”
“Vice President Harris used the word 'genocide' when talking about American auto manufacturing jobs and inappropriately and unfairly misinterpreted her as saying there would be a genocide if she was elected,” Phillips acknowledged, but clarified, “She did not say there would be a genocide if Trump was elected.”
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Jennings argued that these kinds of false narratives are part of the Democratic Party's strategy.
“I know you've done interviews, you've had people here, you've seen the same reports as me. 'Bloody' is a bullshit word that's a pillar of the Democrat Party's anti-Trump campaign, as are 'dictator' and 'abolish the United States Constitution,'” Jennings said.
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CNN’s Jennings slams his own network for allowing Trump’s ‘bloodbath’ comment to be taken out of context
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Monday criticized his network for allowing the Harris campaign to misinterpret former President Trump's comments in a way that was “intended to radicalize.”
Trump was rushed off the Trump International golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, last Sunday after Secret Service agents found a man with a gun in the bushes. Authorities are calling it a second assassination attempt, with Trump claiming that “comments” from President Biden and Vice President Harris were what got him “shot.”
The day after the assassination attempt, CNN host Abby Phillips hosted a panel of commentators to discuss the connections between the heated debate over the election and the recent assassination attempt on President Trump.
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings accused numerous outlets, including his own network, of allowing Trump's comments to be taken widely out of context.
“When I look at what Democratic politicians are saying about Donald Trump, what Democratic pundits are saying about Donald Trump, and when I see their policies based on a series of lies that were frankly designed to radicalize their political base, it makes me wonder… how much do they really care about the violence that you and I both agree is terrible?” Jennings asked.
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He accused the Harris campaign of stoking fears about what would happen to the country if Trump were president again.
“The basis of her campaign is something she has said repeatedly: 'Trump is going to be a dictator from day one.' So this country will fight against dictators. That's our history. We will fight against dictators,” he said, as the panel shouted out that that was true.
During a town hall meeting with Sean Hannity in December, Trump joked that he wouldn't be a dictator “except for day one,” adding, “except for day one, when we close the border and we keep drilling, drilling, drilling. And after that, I'm not a dictator.”
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump arrives at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas to board a flight after a campaign rally, Saturday, September 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“'It's going to be a disaster,'” Jennings said, as another example of Trump's prediction of an economic “catastrophe” for the auto industry if Biden wins being taken out of context.
“The candidate, Donald Trump, has said that if the outcome of this election is not what he wants, there will be bloodshed,” Harris said during last week's presidential debate.
“Anyone who works for or with the Democrats [Harris’] “We campaign every day on this network and other networks,” Jennings said. “There's bloodshed every day.”
“Vice President Harris used the word 'genocide' when talking about American auto manufacturing jobs and inappropriately and unfairly misinterpreted her as saying there would be a genocide if she was elected,” Phillips acknowledged, but clarified, “She did not say there would be a genocide if Trump was elected.”
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Jennings argued that these kinds of false narratives are part of the Democratic Party's strategy.
“I know you've done interviews, you've had people here, you've seen the same reports as me. 'Bloody' is a bullshit word that's a pillar of the Democrat Party's anti-Trump campaign, as are 'dictator' and 'abolish the United States Constitution,'” Jennings said.
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Alexander Hall is deputy editor for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Alexander.hall@fox.com.
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