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Republican strategist Scott Jennings used props to teach his fellow CNN panelists the difference between right and wrong.

In a discussion about the acquittal of Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely and Monday’s arrest of Luigi Mangione in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Jennings tried to simplify the debate with a clear-cut chart of the good guys and bad guys.

Filling in on “NewsNight With Abby Phillip,” journalist Audie Cornish asked Jennings a question and then proceeded to interrupt and talk over him as he tried to respond with common sense.

“I want to bring in the politics of this because when I hear lawmakers hailing Penny as a hero, as a good Samaritan, really being promoted, can you help me understand the thinking?” Cornish asked after some debate across the table.

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“We started at the top of the show talking about the killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO being hailed in similar terms,” she added.

“Yeah, let me just help you understand,” Jennings replied. “If you‘re on the American left tonight, here‘s my chart. The good guys today: Daniel Penny. The bad guys: Luigi Mangione.”

He held up a simple chart he had drawn showing the straightforward difference.

Of course, Cornish jumped back in to muddy up what Jennings was saying, even asking him where his chart was for the victims.

“People on the left can‘t seem to tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys,” the only Republican on the panel shot back.

The fill-in host then asked Jennings about a resolution that Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) is planning to introduce to award Penny with Congress’s highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal.

“I think he ought to get a medal,” Jennings concurred. “I think you ought to build a statue to this guy in New York City.”

Philadelphia Daily News columnist Solomon Jones could not hold back and jumped in, not surprisingly, with the race card.

“I’m gonna say it. I’m gonna say the dreaded r-word,” he said. “Race plays a role in this. Right?”

“Does it?” Jennings fired back.

“What about the Jordan Williams case here in New York?”Jennings asked about a 2023 stabbing on the New York City subway. “Same situation, African American gets on a subway, ends up killing a guy, grand jury tosses it out at the exact same time as the Penny case.”

“That’s different. That’s different,” one of the panelists interjected.

Clearly, one difference in the cases is the race of the one accused.

Social media users blasted the CNN panel and applauded Jennings for his, as usual, attempt to bring common sense to the left.

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