CNN’s Scott Jennings slams ‘both sides’ rhetoric: ‘Trump is the

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CNN Senior political commentator Scott Jennings put the facts in stark relief while discussing the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Jennings shut down attempts to discuss “rhetoric on both sides” when it was clear that only one side was taking up arms against their political opponent. He said the hate and lies that have been aimed at Trump and his Vice Presidential pick J.D. Vance are likely to blame for the dual attempts on the former president’s life, and it’s unlikely that people are willing to cool the national temperature moving forward.

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I’m not interested in “the rhetoric on both sides” today. Trump is the target. He’s survived two assassination attempts. He’s in danger and it’s probably too late to de-radicalize everyone who thinks the country will end if he wins. My latest for @cnn pic.twitter.com/4xD2NXGWT4

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) September 16, 2024

“The rhetoric, they have tried to kill this man twice,” Jennings said. “He got shot in the ear, and this guy was setting up shop outside of a golf course to try to kill him this weekend. And I know after something like this happens it’s fashionable to talk about rhetoric on both sides.”

“Donald Trump is the target,” he continued. “He’s the current target. And it’s happened and it’s happening again and I just- honestly we have to have a conversation about elections. If you lose an election, the country’s not going to come to an end. What I want Democrats to do, honestly is to say ‘It’s okay. If Donald Trump wins, democracy will not end, the Constitution will not end, we’re not gonna live in a dictatorship, there will not be a bloodbath,’ all of the things they say that are totally fabricated, to me, it would be a good day to stop doing that.”

Later, he doubled down on his call for everyone to come to the realization that America will not cease to exist if Trump is elected.

“The most important thing that could possibly happen, in my opinion, is for everyone to agree, especially Democrats, that the country is not going to be irreparably damaged if Democrats lose. That the Constitution is not going to go away, democracy is not going to come to an end, there will be no bloodbath, there will be no dictatorship on day one, which they all say all day long on this network and others. If everyone can agree that that kind of hyperbolic statement will not take place anymore and that it’s not been true every time it’s been said, that would be a step in the right direction.”

He also claims that it is “too late” to fix the rhetoric that is currently happening.

“I know everybody is talking today about all the rhetoric in this country and what are we gonna do to fix it going forward. Folks, it’s too late. It’s too late, in my opinion, because all the rhetoric about Donald Trump over the last several years, that he is a threat to democracy, that the country will come to an end if he gets elected president again,” Jennings said. “Even over the weekend, we had people blaming him and J.D. Vance for a bomb threat in Springfield. Well, if you have believed that over the weekend, then how can you not believe that the rhetoric leading up to today is not somehow responsible for the fact that this man has now survived two assassination attempts.”