CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings was embarrassed as he had his personal phrases used in opposition to him on Monday’s (March 23) version of CNN NewsNight as the panel mentioned the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
Kasie Hunt, who was filling in for normal host Abby Phillip, requested Jennings what it might take to get President Donald Trump “to a point where he’s willing to do what a lot of people in the Republican Senate seem to want him to do?”
“I think there is going to be a deal,” Jennings mentioned, per Mediaite, concerning the standoff between Democrats and Republicans over DHS funding, which has seen TSA brokers working at airports with out pay. Recently, Trump ordered ICE brokers to airports to assist with the backlog.
Jennings mentioned he’d spoken to Republican senators who attended the White House on Monday and believed a deal could be struck, including, “Some Democrats may be willing to go along with this.”
The MAGA pundit claimed the deal would see the events agreeing to “fund DHS, except for the enforcement removal operations, EROs,” after which “go to a reconciliation plan wherein that you then do the ERO funding and you try to do the Save America Act.”
“And the only reason this is possible is because the president got them plenty of money last summer in the Big Beautiful Bill for ICE operations,” he continued. He added that whereas Democrats would “never support reconciliation,” a number of may come aboard with the section one funding half.
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He concluded, “This might be how it ends, and maybe you get it done this week, and maybe we get these poor TSA agents their paychecks.”
CNN political commentator Ashley Allison then jumped in, claiming that Jennings supported her personal ideas. “Scott, you just made my point for me,” she mentioned. “The president got ICE so much money in the summer, so why do they actually need more?”
“That is the point that Democrats are making,” she added. “You just gave them a runnable clip on every commercial. They don’t need this money to be a part of this bill in order to fund FEMA, TSA, and a couple other components of the Homeland Security.”
Allison additionally mentioned she isn’t so positive this shutdown would “backfire” on Democrats like some have claimed. She mentioned Trump “spending all this money on a Rose Garden ceremony” whereas TSA brokers are nonetheless ready to receives a commission doesn’t “play well.”
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