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MAGA Turns on Scott Jennings as CNN Disowns Mitch McConnell Health Claims
Narrative Analysis: Name Calling
Scott Olson / Getty ImagesMAGA is heaping scorn on CNN political commentator Scott Jennings—and on the cable news network—after CNN distanced itself from Jennings’ account of a phone call with Sen. Mitch McConnell while continuing to feature him on air.“CNN is now essentially saying it isn’t responsible for what one of its own on-air political commentators says?” Kylie Jane Kremer, executive director of the MAGA organization Women for America First, wrote on X. “If that’s the case, why was Jennings presented on air without any apparent disclaimer that his claims had not been independently verified?”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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· Jun 27, 2026
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· Jul 8, 2026
Scott Jennings Shamed to His Face Over Blatant McConnell Double Standard
CNNScott Jennings was confronted on air for excusing the secrecy around Mitch McConnell’s health despite previously demanding transparency from the Biden administration over a top official’s medical issues.Jennings claimed he spoke to McConnell at length on Tuesday, making him one of the few people to have heard directly from the 84-year-old Kentucky senator since he was found unconscious at his home and hospitalized on June 14. Speaking on CNN’s The Arena With Kasie Hunt on Tuesday, Jennings, 48, said he’d had a “wide-ranging conversation” with McConnell over 17 minutes that morning and that his “voice sounded strong.” Read more at The Daily Beast.
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· Jul 9, 2026
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