This can be a hilarious clip from over the weekend and when you missed it, you must see it. No matter CNN is paying Scott Jennings, it’s not sufficient.
After the persevering with decision handed, Jennings praised Chuck Schumer for stopping the ‘racist, Jim Crow period’ filibuster, a direct dig at Democrats who used this sort of language once they have been final in energy and have been threatened with a filibuster.
Jennings will get about midway by his remark earlier than Jake Tapper jumps in to clarify to the viewers the context of what he’s saying. Jennings most likely ought to have requested Tapper why CNN viewers would want to have that defined to them.
Transcript by way of Actual Clear Politics:
SCOTT JENNINGS, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Properly, as a result of, to start with, I simply need to say I’m grateful for Chuck Schumer at the moment. He helped defeat a racist Jim Crow filibuster within the Senate and to face up towards the racist Jim Crow filibuster techniques, was a second of pure braveness. And I simply assume he ought to be lauded by anyone in any celebration for — that’s primary.
Quantity two…
TAPPER: That’s a deep minimize… Let me simply clarify for the individuals at dwelling, when there was a Democratic push towards the filibuster, individuals within the Democratic Celebration have been saying it was a racist period — Jim Crow period tactic, the filibuster.
JENNINGS: And it was horrible.
TAPPER: So he’s being cheeky. All proper, again to…
JENNINGS: And never solely that, however he saved us from the Democrats within the Home shedding each single veteran within the federal authorities. Chuck Schumer working with Donald Trump saved us from that.
So, I feel he deserves loads of credit score this morning. Each veteran would have been laid off. Each veteran would have been laid off.
Right here’s the clip:
SAVAGE: Scott Jennings praises Chuck Schumer’s “pure braveness” for serving to “defeat a racist Jim Crow filibuster within the Senate” —
— forcing Jake Tapper to clarify that Democrats referred to as the filibuster a racist Jim Crow relic once they have been out of energy (and now they like it). pic.twitter.com/dpFht0Kwwz
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) March 16, 2025
In fact, Jake Tapper may have identified all of this himself, however that might require him going towards his personal crew, so it falls to Scott Jennings to make the purpose.
