Once again, CNN’s Scott Jennings says the one thing exposing leftist hypocrisy that causes a segment to go up in smoke. This time, he did it on CNN’s State of the Union.
Watch as Jennings “thanks” Chuck Schumer for defeating the “racist Jim Crow filibuster”, forcing host Jake Tapper to explain his joke to the viewing audience.
.@ScottJenningsKY: First of all, I just want to say I'm grateful for chuck Schumer today. He helped defeat a racist Jim Crow filibuster in the Senate. And to stand up against the racist Jim Crow filibuster tactics was a moment of pure courage. And I just think he should be lauded… pic.twitter.com/bLn4S8ADy0
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 16, 2025
CNN STATE OF THE UNION
3/16/2025
9:44 AM
JAKE TAPPER: What do you see as the- is the dynamic going out here- going on here? Is it generational? Why are Jeffries and Schumer on such different pages?
SCOTT JENNINGS: Well, because- first of all, I just want to say I'm grateful for Chuck Schumer today. He helped defeat a racist Jim Crow filibuster in the Senate. And to stand up against the racist Jim Crow filibuster tactics was a moment of pure courage. And I just think he should be lauded by anybody, in any party. That’s number one. Number two…
TAPPER: It's a deep cut. Let me just explain, for people at home…
JENNINGS: I'm just saying.
TAPPER: When there was a Democratic push against the filibuster, people in the Democratic party were saying it was a racist era, Jim Crow-era tactic, the filibuster.
JENNINGS: Terrible. And not only…
TAPPER: So he's being cheeky. All right, back…
JENNINGS: And not only that. But he saves us from the Democrats in the House laying off every single veteran in the federal government. Chuck Schumer. Working with Donald Trump. Saved us from that. So I think he deserves a lot of credit…
(CROSSTALK)
JENNINGS: Every veteran would’ve been laid off.
The broader discussion was in regard to the apparent generational divide within congressional Democratic leadership, subsequent to passage of the continuing resolution that funded the government until the fall. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held the line on a “no” vote, in hopes that the Senate would do the same. But they did not, and provided the votes needed to allow the CR to pass cloture and go to the floor.
The panel Democrats mirrored that same divide prior to Jennings taking over and essentially blowing up the segment. Brad Todd of OnMessage could barely stifle a giggle as Jennings sent the Democrats up. Jake Tapper’s explainer was a clever way of cutting in, albeit more subtle than Abby Phillip’s referee stoppages at the Thunderdome.
Tapper may have called it “cheeky”, but Jennings exposed a double standard. In the process, he also exposed the media which went along with the Democrats’ push to end the filibuster when they controlled all the levers of power in Washington. As we often note: if it weren’t for double standards, there’d be none at all.
