‘Complete Piece of Sh*t!’ Scott Jennings Goes Off On Tim Walz Over Trump Health Comments

CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings went off on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), calling him a “complete piece of sh*t” over comments about the health of President Donald Trump.

During a panel discussion on Tuesday’s The Arena with anchor Kasie Hunt, social media chatter and conspiracy theories around Trump’s health last week were discussed. Due to a light schedule for a few days, critics ran rampant with theories about the president’s health only for him to be seen golfing over the weekend.

Sabrina Rodriguez, national reporter for The Washington Post, argued that Trump not being front and center for even a couple days is news. She added that the current president is facing similar scrutiny as former President Joe Biden, whose light schedule and public gaffes were frequently shared by critics.

Jennings pushed back on this point, arguing Biden critics had to record and take note of stamina issues because the media was not.

“Hold on a second. You had an opportunity to ask the president today about this, and you did not. Why?” Hunt asked, referring to Jennings interviewing Trump earlier that day on his radio show.

“Well, because when he got on the phone and sounded very much alive, I thought it would sound kind of stupid, frankly, to ask an alive person if they were dead,” Jennings said.

The conservative pundit then singled out Walz for comments he made about Trump’s health.

“I’ll tell you who is a complete piece of shit, I’m going to tell you right now, Tim Walz,” Jennings said.

“There have been a lot of swear words today,” Hunt noted.

Speaking to supporters at a Labor Day picnic on Monday, Walz said, “You get up in the morning and you doom scroll through things and although I will say this, you woke up the last few days thinking there might be news. Just saying, just saying. There will be news sometime, just so you know. There will be news.”

“Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, holding up a phone in front of a rally saying, ‘well, we thought we were gonna wake up and find out the president had died. Someday it’ll happen, someday it’ll happen,'” Jennings said in reaction. “I used to say he was the biggest buffoon in American politics, but it’s worse now.”

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