CNN host Jennings criticizes his own network for allowing Trump's “bloodbath” comment to be taken out of context

CNN's senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Monday accused his own network of allowing former President Trump's rhetoric to be misrepresented by the Harris campaign in a way that was “aimed at radicalization.”

Trump was forced off the Trump International golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, last Sunday after the Secret Service spotted a gunman in the bushes. As authorities treat the incident as a second apparent assassination attempt, the former president argued that the “rhetoric” of President Biden and Vice President Harris was the reason he was “shot at.”

A day after the attack, CNN anchor Abby Phillip moderated a panel with commentators discussing the connection between the heated rhetoric surrounding the election and the recent attacks on Trump.

Scott Jennings, CNN's leading political commentator, blamed numerous sources, including his own network, for taking Trump's rhetoric completely out of context.

“I have to say, when I see what Democratic politicians say about Donald Trump, when I see what Democratic commentators say about Donald Trump, and their platform is frankly built on a bunch of lies designed to radicalize a political base, I wonder… How much do they really care about the violence, which, as you and I both agree, is horrific?” Jennings asked.

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He accused the Harris campaign team of spreading panic about what the country would look like if Trump became president again.

“The basis of her campaign, I mean, she repeats it herself: 'Trump will be a dictator from day one.' I mean, this country fights dictators. That's our history – we fight dictators,” he said as the panel erupted in protests that that was true.

Trump joked during a town hall meeting with Sean Hannity in December that he would not be a dictator “except for day one.” He added: “Except for day one, we close the border and drill, drill, drill. After that, I'm not a dictator.”

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump arrives to board a plane at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Saturday, September 14, 2024, following a campaign trip. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“There will be a bloodbath,” Jennings said, pointing to another example of Trump being taken out of context when he predicted an economic “bloodbath” for the auto industry if President Biden wins.

During the presidential debate last week, Harris said: “Candidate Donald Trump has said that if the outcome of this election is not to his satisfaction, there will be a bloodbath.”

“Every Democrat who works for (Harris') campaign says that every day on this network and every other network,” Jennings said. “The carnage thing is repeated every day.”

“Vice President Harris used the word 'bloodbath' when talking about auto manufacturing jobs in the United States. She inaccurately and unfairly misinterpreted that and claimed he said there would be a bloodbath if he was elected,” Phillip confirmed, but clarified: “However, she did not say there would be a bloodbath if Trump was elected.”

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Jennings argued that such misrepresentations were part of the Democratic Party's strategy.

“I know you've done interviews and invited people here and seen the same coverage I have. The 'bloodbath' nonsense is a pillar of the Democratic campaign against Trump, just like 'dictator' or 'abolish the U.S. Constitution,'” Jennings said.

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