Republican Scott Jennings sounds alarm on what he calls the 'biggest scandal in America'
Recent reporting that President Joe Biden’s health was far more diminished than the administration led on was proclaimed to be “the biggest scandal in America” by longtime GOP insider Scott Jennings – a declaration a Democratic strategist only minorly pushed back on.
Responding to a Wall Street Journal article out Thursday that reported signs of Biden’s decline came within months of his taking office, Jennings eagerly cast doubt on Biden’s entire presidency.
“It's a scandal of epic proportions,” Jennings said on CNN’s “NewsNight.” “And the level and volume of people who dedicated themselves to lying to everyone at home about this man's condition for four straight years – up through this summer – is breathtaking.”
He then added his skepticism about who’s actually “been running the country” during Biden’s term.
“If you're worried about Donald Trump's advisers having influence for the last four years, apparently this president, duly elected, but this president was not capable of fulfilling the duties of the office and his staff and the White House lied about it and kept it from the American people," the Republican said. "It’s an absolute scandal."
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Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky first noted that she believes Biden had a “successful tenure,” before laying into the administration – and the recent reporting of the president’s health – as an example of "a bigger problem" for Democrats.
“I think you have a lot of Democrats now, me included, who are pretty sick of the institution and trusting people in the institution,” Roginsky told the CNN panel. “And this is just one example, the most recent example, I think of people institutionally lying to the American people."
She predicted a “Tea Party version rise up” would come next for the Democratic Party, similar to how Republicans felt in the aftermath of former President George W. Bush leaving the White House in 2009.
“Based on the fact that this is yet another marker of people just not trusting our leaders anymore,” she said. “And I'm sorry to say that, but I think we brought this on ourselves.”