Scott Jennings brought the heat Thursday night. On CNN’s “NewsNight,” the senior political commentator tangled with Democratic strategist Xochitl Hinojosa over a rowdy scene at Trump Tower. Protesters from Jewish Voice for Peace had taken over the lobby, and Jennings wasn’t letting it slide—conservatives say he nailed it.
The protesters weren’t there for tea. They occupied the first floor to blast Trump’s admin for yanking Mahmoud Khalil’s green card, a pro-Hamas Columbia agitator nabbed by ICE on March 8. Jennings didn’t mince words. “Did you look at the video in New York City today, the people who took over Trump Tower?” he fired at Hinojosa—Republicans cheer his grit.
Hinojosa tried to dodge. “People were protesting. They were not storming—” she started, but Jennings cut in sharp. “They stormed Trump Tower,” he said, doubling down when she faltered. “They were inside of it.” Conservatives grin—this is Jennings schooling the left, no fluff.
She pivoted hard. “What I want to remind you both, it was Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6th,” Hinojosa shot back, dragging up 2021. Host Abby Phillip jumped in too. “The lobby of Trump Tower is not Trump Tower,” she added—Republicans roll their eyes at the spin.
Jennings stayed cool as ice. “You are gonna defend that mob?” he asked, voice steady. Hinojosa and Phillip overlapped— “There were thousands prosecuted for January 6th,” she said, while Phillip chimed, “I’m not defending any mob.” Conservatives say it’s a dodge—Jennings had them cornered.
He sealed it with steel. “You can scream at me all you want, but I have every single day condemned the events of January the 6th,” Jennings stated firmly. “Then, now, and I will continue to do it.” Republicans applaud—truth trumps tantrums every time.
The protest wasn’t random. Trump’s team axed over $400 million in Columbia grants after the university stonewalled a task force on anti-Semitism—tied to Khalil’s antics. Conservatives bet it’s why the left’s squawking—Trump’s 89 orders in 50 days hit hard.
Phillip’s crew flailed. Hinojosa’s January 6 card didn’t faze Jennings—he’d already buried it. Posts on X lit up: “Scott’s the only one with a spine there!” With 82 percent speech approval from March 4, Republicans say Trump’s mandate’s unshaken.
The left’s playbook’s old news. Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack—1,200 dead in Israel—protesters have disrupted campuses and streets. Trump’s slashing crossings to 300 daily from Biden’s 10,000—conservatives argue that’s why they’re mad, not some lobby sit-in.
Jennings stood tall amid the noise. He didn’t just spar—he owned it, exposing the left’s flimsy dodge. Republicans revel in the win! CNN’s hysterics can’t touch Trump’s gains—egg prices down, jobs up, they’re losing the plot.
America’s tuning in to a fighter. Jennings took the panel apart, and conservatives bet it’s a preview—Trump’s crew keeps rolling, left’s just yelling into the wind. Game on!
