Republican CNN Commentator Say DNC Working For Harris

CNN panelist Scott Jennings identified what he described as a “glaring hole” in the Harris-Walz campaign on Tuesday night during the network’s coverage of the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago.

While Jennings acknowledged that the DNC had been “well-produced” and commended the speeches by former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, he pointed out that the convention speeches overlooked mentioning that the Democratic Party has won the presidency in three of the last four elections and that Vice President Kamala Harris is “in the White House right now.”

“I think the contrast that I see — and I don’t know which is gonna win — but we’re seeing the contrast of the politics of combat versus the politics of compassion. That’s what the Obamas were trying to set up tonight, in my judgment,” he argued. “I should warn my fellow Republicans that we heard two of the greatest political communicators in the country tonight. Now, we had Hulk-a-mania. The Democrats have Obama-mania. They ripped the roof off of this place tonight. These Democrats are fired up — they’re not playing. Okay? Yes, they say things that are exaggerations. They do say things about Trump and the Republicans that are outright lies. But the convention is working for Harris, at least as of today.”

Wow! You can almost hear a Pin Drop after Scott Jennings told the CNN Media this! pic.twitter.com/obnz8Qt6hG

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Jennings followed up with a remark that went viral on social media, where he pointed out that the Democrats have controlled the government for longer periods than the Republicans.

“The gap that I still see in all these speeches, as good as they were, is that she’s in the White House right now,” Jennings said. “Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the last 16 years. And for all of the talk about division and the problems of the country, and people are hurting, Democrats have mostly controlled this country. Trump had it for four. The Obamas and Biden had it for the rest of the time. And somehow, it’s still all Trump’s fault, and somehow, she hasn’t been at the center of it. So, to me, that’s still the glaring hole in this campaign that hasn’t yet been solved at the convention. How do you explain all of the problems that will be solved by the person who is currently in there for the last three-and-a-half years who was supposed to already be working on solving it?”

Scott Jennings suggests there's some hypocrisy with Tim Walz criticizing JD Vance for going to Yale. pic.twitter.com/BVaqwKS9gG

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Kamala Harris was notably absent from the DNC on Tuesday night, choosing instead to hold an event in Milwaukee, the site of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in July. Meanwhile, delegates at the DNC participated in a ceremonial roll call, symbolically casting their votes for Harris by state. The vice president had already secured enough votes to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination during a virtual roll call held in early August.