A panelist was embarrassingly put down by CNN pundit Scott Jennings after she praised President Joe Biden for his “accomplishments” in the Middle East.
Karen Finney, an American political consultant and former spokesperson for Hillary Clinton during her 2016 campaign, told Jennings that these “accomplishments” “will also stand the test of time.”
As she said this, Jennings, who has become known for being dissonant with the network’s progressive stance, quickly shot her down and corrected her statements.
Regarding Biden, Finney said, “I think he still, look, he showed up for the job. He did the work.
“I think some of the achievements in the Middle East and foreign policy areas will also stand the test of time,” she added.
“Do you think the Middle East is in a better place today than when he came to power?” Jennings asked Finney as he grinned at the camera.
“Well, I think he brought our hostages home. I think that’s a big problem. I think it’s important…” Finney said as Jennings interrupted her and looked at her in awe.
“I’m sorry, which hostages?” he asked. Finney then said Biden “got some people home,” stumbling over her words.
Karen Finney, an American political consultant, was quickly shot down by CNN pundit Scott Jennings after she praised President Biden’s ‘accomplishments’ in the Middle East
Jennings corrected Finney when she said Biden “got some people home” from the war as he interjected to say there are still 100 people trapped in Gaza
“There are still a hundred people there,” Jennings said, referring to the hostages still trapped in Gaza as the Israeli-Palestinian war rages on more than a year later.
In an attempt to save himself, Finney told Jennings, “Well, there were more than that,” just before clarifying that some of the hostages are Americans.
Jennings quickly changed the subject and looked away from Finney as he discussed his predictions for Biden after he is fired from the White House by newly elected President Donald Trump in a few weeks.
“Look, I think he’ll leave office in disgrace. Hunter Biden’s pardon was a shame.
“He will be remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Jennings noted, adding that the “massive cover-up” allegedly perpetrated by the Biden administration led him to a “diminished presidency.” .
Jennings also highlighted his anger over the ‘massive cover-up’ allegedly taking place by Biden’s family and administration
“But as we continue to learn about the massive cover-up that took place, not about his health, but about this mental acuity, to cover that up – the efforts that were taken by the White House staff, by his (Biden’s) family – not in the last few months, but for all four years, I think it’s going to be a very ugly chapter.
“It’s a diminished presidency as a result,” Jennings said, adding that “we don’t know the full extent” of what Biden’s team did to “try to cover up what they did in the West Wing.”
A recent one bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that the White House tried to hide Biden’s rapidly declining mental state from the public throughout his presidency.
Biden’s team hired a vocal coach, put other officials in roles usually filled by the president, canceled meetings on his “bad days” and kept him at a distance from his own Cabinet members, the outlet reported.
The explosive investigation has exposed an extensive, deliberate and years-long cover-up, with the administration also shadowing those who dared to claim that Biden’s capabilities had deteriorated since he was Barack Obama’s vice president.
Despite the efforts of “eager beaver handlers,” Biden’s decline became increasingly apparent, especially after Special Counsel Robert Hur released a report last year that depicted a forgetful and weak, then 81-year-old.
Hur decided not to charge Biden with keeping classified documents in his Delaware garage because he would “likely present himself to a jury” as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, older man with a bad memory.”
Among the many issues Biden has faced as president, inflation and conflict in the Middle East mirror Jimmy Carter’s time in the White House.
President-elect Donald Trump has often compared Democratic presidents, even labeling them as two of the worst.
“Jimmy Carter is happy because he had a brilliant presidency compared to Biden,” Trump joked during his campaign in April.
Carter served only one term as he lost his 1980 re-election bid to Republican President Ronald Reagan. The former president died on Sunday at the age of 100.
Biden dropped his re-election bid in July after a disastrous June debate with his successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump in the general election last month.
As Biden nears the end of his term, his poll numbers are also approaching Carter’s.
Biden’s approval rating is at 37 percent but is trending downward, so he will likely leave with the same — or worse — numbers than Carter.
What’s more, a few weeks ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 267 points, or 0.6 percent, for the ninth day in a row — something that hasn’t happened since February 1978, when 100-year-old President Carter was in office. function, CNN reported using FactSet data.