Well, buckle up, because CNN commentator Scott Jennings wasn’t pulling any punches on State of the Union this weekend. In a rare moment of unfiltered honesty on a network that usually treats President Biden with kid gloves, Jennings delivered a scathing assessment of Biden’s presidency that left his fellow panelists shifting uncomfortably in their seats.
Let’s start with Democratic strategist Karen Finney, who kicked things off by offering what can only be described as a rose-tinted view of Biden’s legacy. She gave him credit for navigating the pandemic, boosting the economy, and even pointed to his foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, as something historians would look back on favorably.
Now, I don’t know what alternate reality Karen’s been living in, but the American public isn’t exactly singing praises about Biden’s economic achievements, and the Middle East isn’t looking too cozy these days either. Inflation, sky-high grocery bills, mortgage rates through the roof, and let’s not even start on the chaos in Gaza and the widening influence of Iran-backed proxies across the region.
Scott Jennings wasn’t having it. His response was as sharp as it was direct: “You think the Middle East is in better shape today than when he took office?” Ouch. And when Finney tried to salvage her argument by mentioning the release of some hostages from Gaza, Jennings brushed it off without missing a beat.
🚨@ScottJenningsKY just dismantled a CNN panel as they attempted to defend Joe Biden’s legacy:
“I think he’s going to leave office in disgrace.”
“The Hunter Biden pardon was disgraceful. He’s going to be remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistan… pic.twitter.com/V8dvlGW6LT
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 29, 2024
But Jennings wasn’t done. He laid out his case with brutal clarity: “I think he’s going to leave office in disgrace!” And let’s face it—he’s not wrong. The Hunter Biden saga has been a slow-motion train wreck that’s dragged Biden’s presidency into murky ethical waters. The Afghanistan withdrawal was a disaster of epic proportions, marked by chaos, the deaths of 13 U.S. service members, and haunting images of desperate Afghans clinging to planes.
And inflation? Well, that’s the issue that’s been smacking everyday Americans in the face for the better part of Biden’s presidency. No amount of “Bidenomics” spin can change the fact that people feel poorer today than they did four years ago.
But it was Jennings’ final point that should have set off alarm bells across the panel: the cover-up. Jennings argued that we’re only seeing the first draft of Biden’s presidency and hinted that the worst revelations are yet to come—specifically about Biden’s mental acuity and the lengths to which White House staff and Biden’s family allegedly went to keep the American public in the dark.
That’s a serious allegation, and let’s be honest—it’s not far-fetched. We’ve all seen the clips: Biden freezing mid-sentence, wandering off stage, forgetting names, and delivering confused answers during critical press conferences. Behind closed doors, it’s not hard to imagine a White House team desperately trying to keep the wheels from falling off.
Jennings is predicting that future investigations, memoirs, and tell-all books will paint an ugly picture of an administration that put public perception ahead of transparency and accountability. And let’s be clear: if even half of what Jennings suspects comes to light, it will be an ugly chapter in American presidential history.
