'Let's not get self-righteous': CNN commentator confronts Scott Jennings after Biden rant

During the closing panel segment on CNN's "State of the Union," commentator Jamal Simmons admonished conservative Scott Jennings after his rant calling President Joe Biden a "disgrace."

With host Jake Tapper bringing up the pardon of Hunter Biden, Jennings, who has assumed the role of defender of Donald Trump on the cable network, grew agitated and lashed out about the pardon while others at the table took a more understanding view regarding the president protecting his son from incoming Trump officials who have vowed revenge.

"It was a total disgrace," Jennings said of the pardon. "He's leaving office in disgrace because of this pardon. And it's not just the pardon, it's the lying to the American people. According to NBC News, he and his top aides hatched a plan to lie to the American people. and then this week, he didn't even have the guts to go out to the White House podium and take questions about it."

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He added, "The media, the people who cover this White House, ought to be absolutely livid at the gaslighting and then the continued gaslighting and the hostility towards the idea of transparency," before insisting "He's going out of office as one of the least liked and most divisive presidents we've ever had."

That led Simmons to jump in with, "Let me just say this: let's not get too righteous, self-righteous about this, right?"

"If you walk into a boxing match and you find out the person you're fighting is an MMA fighter, sooner or later you got to take the gloves off and get into the fight," he explained. "I think what they have discovered in the White House is that everyone else is playing by these very pristine rules, while Trump is doing whatever he wants to do, whatever the heck he wants."

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