This can be a hilarious clip from over the weekend and should you missed it, it’s essential to 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 the sort of language after they have been final in energy and have been threatened with a filibuster.
Jennings will get about midway by way of 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 wish to have that defined to them.
Transcript through Real Clear Politics:
SCOTT JENNINGS, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Nicely, as a result of, to begin with, I simply wish to say I’m grateful for Chuck Schumer in the present day. He helped defeat a racist Jim Crow filibuster within the Senate and to face up in opposition to the racist Jim Crow filibuster techniques, was a second of pure braveness. And I simply assume he must be lauded by anyone in any social gathering for — that’s primary.
Quantity two…
TAPPER: That’s a deep lower… Let me simply clarify for the folks at dwelling, when there was a Democratic push in opposition to the filibuster, folks within the Democratic Social gathering 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 a whole lot 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 after they have been out of energy (and now they adore it). pic.twitter.com/dpFht0Kwwz
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) March 16, 2025
In fact, Jake Tapper might have identified all of this himself, however that will require him going in opposition to his personal workforce, so it falls to Scott Jennings to make the purpose.
