Scott Jennings fields tough Trump debate questions on CNN (Sept. 13, 2024)

BEGIN THE HOUR WITH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REFUSING TO FACE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FOR A SECOND TIME ON THE DEBATE STAGE, JOINING ME NOW, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATORS PAUL BEGALA AND SCOTT JENNINGS GUYS, I JUST WANT TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS. SCOTT, I'LL JUST GO TO YOUR FIRST WHAT HAPPENED TO ANY TIME ANYWHERE ANY PLACE YOU THINK TRUMP IS BACKING DOWN? >> HE DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER DEBATE. NOTHING'S GOOD CAN COME FROM IT. I THINK THE WAY HE PREPARED FOR THE LAST ONE AND THE WAY THE MODERATORS TREATED HIM COMBINED TO CONVINCE THEM THAT IT'S JUST NOT WORKED AS TIME. HE'S NOT SCORE ANY POINTS AT THESE THINGS NECESSARILY. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN WITHOUT ANY OTHER MAJOR EVENTS THAT WILL AT LEAST ARE GOING TO BE SCHEDULED TO CHANGE THE FLOOR OH, THE WATER WE'RE GOING TO GRIND IT OUT OVER TWO MONTHS I THINK I THINK IF HE AGREED TO ANOTHER DEBATE, IT IS ENTIRELY LIKELY THAT THE MODERATORS WOULD BE EVEN HARDER ON HIM THAN THE LAST ONES AND WHAT, WHAT GOOD IS GOING TO COME UP IT FOR THE REPUBLICANS. SO I THINK HE'S MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION PAUL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I MEAN, THE POLLING CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THE VIEWERS THINK TRUMP LOST THAT DEBATE BY A WIDE MARGIN, HAD FAR VIEWERS, HAD A POSITIVE VIEW OF KAMALA HARRIS TRUMP IS INSISTING HE WON THE DEBATE. >> OBVIOUSLY THAT MEAN THAT JUST IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE POLLING BUT WHAT ARE THOUGHTS ON THIS YOU KNOW, ANYTIME SOMEBODY'S WHINING ABOUT ARREST, IT'S BECAUSE THEY LOST I LOVE SCOTT, I LOVE YOU, SCOTT. >> I USED TO COACH MY KIDS AND IF THEY LOST AND THEY WIND ABOUT THE REST, I HAD TO RUN LAPS. JENNINGS GOT TO GO OUT AND HIT HIT THE TRAIL AND RUN SOME LAST BECAUSE THEY'RE MODERATES WERE PERFECTLY FINE FACT CHECK TRUMP 34 TIMES HE LIED 33 TIMES. SO 10% OF THEIR LIVES WERE CALLED OUT HARRY, ALL KNOW THAT TRUMP HAD MORE TIME OF THE DAY TRUMP HAD MORE TIME WITH YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY SHE DIDN'T LIE YOU'RE BRACKET AND IF YOU WANT TO REMEMBER A TRUMP NEEDS A RULE WHERE WHEN HE IS SPEAKING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WENT WRONG FOR TRUMP. >> HE SAID THESE BADDIE THINGS. BY THE WAY, WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON WITH HER IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING CATS AND OHIO. >> HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAS THE CONCEPT OF A PLAN TO REPLACE OBAMACARE, TAKE HEALTH CARE AWAY FROM 50 MILLION AMERICANS WHO SIGNED UP FOR OBAMACARE. >> AND HE HAS A CONCEPT THAT HE'S GOING TO GIVE. HE ALSO SAID HE WOULDN'T RULE OUT SIGNING A NATIONAL BAN ON ABORTION. HE DAMAGED HIMSELF SO GREATLY. NOW, I WONDER THAT WE MIGHT ALL RIGHT, STILL HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE, SCOTT, I JUST DISAGREE BECAUSE TRUMP'S BRAND USED TO BE STRENGTHENED AND HE JUST LOOKED SO WEAK. HE LOOKS WEAK. HE JUST HE NEEDS A HUG. YOU KNOW, HE PATHETIC AND WEAK AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR DONALD TRUMP. >> NOW, AND I HAVE TO THINK THAT IT'S NOT CASE CLOSED ON THIS GUY. I THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THAT TRUMP REVERSES HIMSELF AGAIN AND KNOW WHAT, LET'S DO A DEBATE, RIGHT MAYBE. >> I DON'T KNOW. I AGAIN, I I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOOD WOULD COME FROM IT. LOOK, HE'S DEBATED SEVEN TIMES SIX TIMES THE SNAP POLLS HAVE SAID HE DID NOT WIN THE DEBATE ONE TIME HE DEBATED JOE BIDEN AND HE HAD TO DROP OUT OF THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THIS IS ALWAYS JUDGED TO GO AGAINST TRUMP. NOW, WHETHER IT'S FATAL OR NOT, I DON'T THINK IT IS AND I DO THINK HE SCORED SOME POINTS ON THE ECONOMY. I'M AMAZED BY THESE ATTACKS ON HEALTH CARE. YES, HE SAID HE HAD THE CONCEPTS OF WHAT HE WANTED TO DO ON HEALTH CARE, WHICH IS MUCH FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAN ANYTHING. KAMALA HARRIS SAID ABOUT THE ECONOMY, WHICH SHE IGNORED THE QUESTION ABOUT, AND WHETHER THEY, OR ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT IMMIGRATION, WHICH SHE IGNORED AND PIVOTED AMENDMENT. >> SCOTT, IS RIGHT WE ALL REMEMBERED ABOUT FROM TRYING TO KILL OBAMACARE WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT AND THEN HE NEVER CAME UP WITH A HEALTH I MEAN, I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE TRUMP WAS SPEWING EVEN MORE CONSPIRACIES AT HIS RALLY YESTERDAY. HE WAS HE WAS IN RALLY MODE LIKE THE ONE ISN'T RALLY MODE AT THE DEBATE? LET'S LISTEN TO THIS POLLS LILLY SHOW THAT I WON THE DEBATE AGAINST COMRADE KAMALA HOUSE YOUR CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T EVEN CALL YOU AND THEY CHANGE THE SEX OF YOUR CHILD 20,000 ILLEGAL HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS HAVE DESCENDED UPON THE TOWN OF 58,000 PEOPLE, DESTROYING THEIR ENTIRE WAY OF LIFE. MIGRANTS ARE WALKING OFF WITH THE TOWN'S GEESE THEY TAKE INTO GEESE. YOU KNOW, WHERE THE GEESE ARE IN THE PARK AND THE LEG AND EVEN WALKING OFF WITH THEIR PETS. >> MY DOG'S BEEN TAKEN NOW THERE'S REAL-WORLD CONSEQUENCES TO THAT RHETORIC AS SPRINGFIELD, OHIO NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT RECENT BOMB THREATS CAME FROM SOMEONE WHO MENTIONED FRUSTRATION WITH THE CITY OVER A HAITIAN IMMIGRATION ISSUES. THIS STUFF CAN LEAD TO REAL VIOLENCE. WE SAW THE WALMART IN EL PASO WHERE THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE, I MEAN, ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I MEAN, THERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS STUFF, SCOTT NIGHT. I JUST HAVE TO WONDER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIDEN TRUMP DEBATE A LITTLE WHILE AGO. AND THERE ARE ALL THESE CALLS FOR BIDEN TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE AND STEP ASIDE AFTER THAT DEBATE, PERFORMANCE WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE STEALING GEESE AND EATING DOGS AND CATS. I MEAN, SHOULDN'T THERE BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER TRUMP SHOULD STEP ASIDE EVEN AT THIS LATE STAGE NO. >> COME ON. HE'S THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. HE WENT THROUGH A PRIMARY AND UNLIKE THE DEMOCRATS, RESPECT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. WE HAD PEOPLE VOTE, THEY VOTED FOR TRUMP. BUT SCOTT, I REMEMBER YOU GOING ON AND ON ABOUT JOE, I REMEMBER YOU GOING ON AND ON ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AFTER THAT DEBATE. >> AND I'M JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT TRUMP IS ALL THERE IS. HE OF SOUND MIND THAT PEOPLE ARE STEALING TRUMP IS THE SAME CANDIDATE TODAY THAT HE WASN'T 16 AND 21 TIME HE WON ONE TIME HE LOST. >> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S GOING TO WIN OR LOSE THIS TIME, BUT I DON'T SEE I MEAN, HE IS HE IS THE SAME. ANY REPRESENTS THE SAME KIND OF POLITICS THAT HE ALWAYS HAS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH AT THIS TIME, BUT NO, I THINK TO COMPARE HIM TO THE ABSOLUTELY MENTALLY VACANT JOE BIDEN IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS, HONESTLY ALL YOUR THOUGHT OH, LOOK, THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. DEMOCRATS HAVE A POLITICAL PARTY. POLITICAL PARTIES EXIST TO WIN BIDEN DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE COULD WIN. SO THAT DEMOCRATS REPLACING WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN MR. TRUMP'S SCOTT'S, RIGHT, HE'S A FATALLY FLAWED CANDIDATE, BUT IT NEEDS A CHECK-UP FROM THE NECK UP. OKAY. HE'S CRACKING UP. HE'S UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE. I MEAN, ANYBODY WOULD THANK BE UNDER PRESSURE. 34 FELONY CONVICTIONS BEING SUED LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTER FOUND ADJUDICATED LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING A WOMAN ON FIFTH AVENUE. SO HE IS UNDER ENORMOUS STRESS AND HE'S CRACKING UNDER THAT STRESS. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND I THINK IT'S SAD. IT MAY BE TOO LATE, JIM WE'VE ONLY 53 DAYS IN THE ELECTION, BUT EARLY VOTING IS STARTING IN JUST SIX OR SO. SEVEN DAYS AND A LOT OF STATES. AND THOSE BALLOTS ARE STARTING TO GO UP NORTH CAROLINA, PARTICULARLY. SO LATE. THEY MAY JUST BE STUCK WITH THIS GUY AND BY THE WAY, FOR ALL THAT, IT'S A DEAD HEAT RACE. IT IS A COIN TOSS MAN. AND I THINK SCOTT WOULD AGREE WITH THAT THIS IS THIS IS NO WAY EITHER SIDE IS WINNING IN THIS RIGHT NOW, IT'S TIME FOR PLANT HALL IS TOTALLY RIGHT. IT IS A DEAD HEAT NATIONALLY, IT IS A DEAD HEAT IN A SWING STATES EITHER OF THEM COULD WIN. I DON'T I DON'T REALLY I MEAN