Trump wins big: Regular Americans’ concerns trump media predictions

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Scott Jennings, a Republican strategist, offered his perspective on Donald Trump’s presidential victory during a CNN panel discussion. He interpreted the outcome as a clear mandate for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda and a rebuke of mainstream media and political establishment narratives.

NEW: Entire CNN panel sits in silence as Scott Jennings rips apart the Democrats and the media, says Donald Trump's win is the "revenge of the regular ole working class American."

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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 6, 2024

Jennings emphasized that the election results contradicted many of the predictions and narratives that had dominated media coverage in the weeks leading up to the vote. He pointed out that various factors, such as the situation in Puerto Rico, the influence of prominent Republicans like Liz Cheney and Nikki Haley, and other supposed game-changers, had been overemphasized at the expense of fundamental issues affecting voters.

“We were just ignoring the fundamentals: inflation, people feeling like they were barely able to tread water at best. That was the fundamentals of the election,” Jennings stated.

He urged his colleagues in the media and political commentary to reassess their approach and make a concerted effort to understand and listen to the segment of the population that supported Trump. Jennings characterized these voters as regular working-class Americans who felt marginalized and dismissed by the political establishment.

“I’m interpreting the results tonight as the response of just the regular old working-class American, the anonymous American who has been crushed, insulted, condescended to,” he explained. Jennings emphasized that these voters were not extremists but rather ordinary people striving for a better life and feeling unheard when voicing their concerns.

The last time Trump won, Dems never gave him a chance to really govern. With this new 2024 mandate, Trump deserves a couple of years of peace to deliver on the priorities of the American people. My latest on @cnn. pic.twitter.com/HpCZoIWWLX

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) November 7, 2024

Despite Jennings’ plea for understanding, some of his fellow panelists, including Van Jones and David Axelrod, continued to express concerns about Trump’s perceived authoritarian tendencies. This response highlighted the ongoing divide in perceptions of the election results and the challenges facing media outlets in bridging the gap between different segments of the electorate.