CNN Host Asks Scott Jennings, ‘Why Is JD Vance So Concerned With Bullsh*t?’
CNN’s John Berman used President Donald Trump’s own words against Vice President JD Vance regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Berman guest-hosted Wednesday’s CNN NewsNight and kicked off the show by declaring, “Let’s get right to what America is talking about: bullshit. That’s what Donald Trump is calling the story that MAGA built up for years, alleging conspiracy after conspiracy in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. And now he and his White House suddenly don’t want the public to see the files they teased and promised for months. Maybe because he was told his name was in those files.”
Earlier in the day, Trump took questions at the White House, where he was asked about Epstein. Last month, his Department of Justice declined to release its documents relating to Epstein and concluded the dead sex trafficker did not have a client list, even though Attorney General Pam Bondi said in February that it was “sitting on my desk.”
“Look, the whole thing is a hoax,” the president said in a clip Berman aired. “It’s put out by the Democrats because we’ve had the most successful six months in the history of our country. And that’s just a way of trying to divert attention to something that’s total bullshit.”
The host then played a montage of Trump and individuals who are now administration officials calling for the release of the Epstein files.
“Seriously, we need to release the Epstein list,” Vance said in a 2024 interview. “That is an important thing.”
The montage also featured snippets of Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.
Berman turned to Republican operative and potential U.S. Senate candidate Scott Jennings.
“Scott Jennings, we just heard the clip there,” Berman said. “Why is JD Vance so concerned with bullshit?”
“Well, I apologize to my 11-year-old who’s in the green room trying to watch the show right now for our potty talk tonight,” he responded.
“Well, the president’s potty talk,” Berman noted. “I’m so sorry for repeating the president of the United States.”
“I don’t know what they’re gonna do,” Jennings said. “I assume at some point they’re gonna have to release some information. I assume at some point, the members of the Republican leadership in Congress are gonna have to decide how to handle a vote when they come back in September. But we’re having the same conversation tonight that we had last night, that we had Friday, that we had Thursday, that we had Wednesday, and so on and so forth.”
Jennings went on to say that Epstein is still in the news because “nobody wants to talk about the good things that are happening in the country, so we’re diverting into this.”
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