Breakout pundit of the cycle
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It’s the Monday morning after the second attempt on Donald Trump’s life and Scott Jennings is seated inside a climate-controlled CNN studio on the west side of Manhattan ready to stand as a vessel for red state America.
When anchor Rahel Solomon raises the inflammatory rhetoric “on both sides” pervading the 2024 presidential campaign, Jennings sees his opening.
“I know after something like this happens, it becomes fashionable to talk about rhetoric on both sides,” he interjects, taking a short beat. “Donald Trump is the target, OK? He’s the current target.”
To turn down the political temperature, the 46-year-old Dawson Springs, Ky., native then suggests Democratic leaders do something he knows most could never swallow: Tell their voters the country won’t be irreparably damaged if Trump wins a second term.
Online, the clip of his quip attains swift virality, racking up 3.3 million views on the site formerly known as Twitter. Hundreds of replies pile up from irate liberals, including former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann.
It’s clear Jennings, who shares a hometown with former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, cut his teeth in Kentucky politics and still heads the state’s leading Republican public relations firm, has the political world’s attention — and is relishing his moment.
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No question... most essential, Jennings has the actual state and national level campaign experience 95% of both sides' "green room strategists" lack.