"I'm Sorry, This Is Insane": Scott Jennings Schools Ex-Kamala Aide Over Biden's True Legacy - "I just want to make sure I understand that your position is, is that Donald Trump's words induced the virus to kill people?"

CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings often has his work cut out for him,
given the number of hosts and contributors at the network who would happily
defend President Joe Biden to the last -- and Wednesday was no exception.

As observed by Newsbusters' Curtis Houck, Jennings "schools former Kamala
aide Ashley Etienne for praising Biden lamenting the decline of trust in the
media and then hurling disproven lies about Donald Trump."

WATCH:

CNN's @ScottJenningsKY schools former Kamala aide Ashley Etienne for
praising Biden lamenting the decline of trust in the media and then
hurling disproven lies about Donald Trump: "Has Joe Biden, Kamala
Harris or Karine Jean-Pierre ever lied?...Your speech is about the
truth and... pic.twitter.com/pgspP7JK7w

-- Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 16, 2025

"Has Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, or Karine Jean-Pierre ever lied?" Jennings
asked.

Etienne shrugged: "I don't know, what are you talking about? I know where
you're going with this, but that's not the point."

She went on to claim that Trump "stood at the podium every day" and told
lies.

"Your speech is about the truth and one thing about Biden that has always
vexed Republicans is that he spends a lot of time talking about him being the
center of truth and the restoration of the soul of the nation and yet, he and
his people spend a heck of a lot of time undermining that very talking point
up to and including this year with the massive cover up of his own
condition," Jennings explained.

"Scott, how about Trump lying to the American people during COVID? How about
that?" Etienne interrupted, and then immediately pivoted to lie about what
she was claiming Trump had lied about. "Drink bleach. I could go on and on."

"Didn't happen. Debunked," Jennings waved off her false statement.

"It's not as bad as the flu, I mean, all of these things -- 500,000 people
lost their lives because the president wasn't honest with the country,"
Etienne tried again, but Jennings was not buying it.

"I don't understand. Are you saying the virus was listening to Donald Trump?"
Jennings pressed.

"Lies have consequences," Etienne said then.

"I just want to make sure I understand that your position is, is that Donald
Trump's words induced the virus to kill people?" Jennings asked.

"No," Etienne replied. "What Donald Trump's words did was prevented people
from protecting themselves and their neighbors and 500,000 plus people lost
their lives."

She went on to claim that Trump was at fault for the economic standstill that
followed, despite the fact that individual governors had brought things to a
halt at the state level and other countries worldwide had implemented similar
-- if not stricter -- lockdown polices that were outside Trump's control.

"This is crazy. I'm sorry, this is insane," Jennings said, noting that Trump
had been the one to fast-track the development of vaccines.

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