CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Wednesday fired back at New York Democratic Party Executive Chairman Christine Quinn for criticizing Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance for allegedly changing his position on abortion.

Quinn claimed that Vance had never supported a national ban during Tuesday night's debate and appeared to be “inconsistent” on abortion. Jennings criticized Quinn's contradictory statements, noting that Vice President Kamala Harris has changed several key policy positions she held while in the Senate and as a 2020 presidential candidate.

“I'm still waiting for the real J.D. Vance to come on stage and take part in the debate, because what we saw last night was a very sanitized J.D. Vance, who was talking about things like abortion and transfer of power. All of that was not telling the truth, and he also distanced himself from many of the other things he said on the record, including supporting a national ban on abortion.'' said. “The number of positions that Mr. Vance and Mr. Trump have taken and are taking on abortion is mind-boggling. And it's hard to believe that someone is so inconsistent on such an important value issue. When that happens, you know the guy is unbelievable, and in that case, he's only focused on getting women.”

“Just to make sure I understand correctly, when a candidate for president or vice president changes positions on important issues or issues that touch on important values, even in one office, “I'd like to introduce you to Kamala Harris, who changed all the positions she took when she ran for president in 2020,” Jennings said. said.

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Quinn acknowledged that Harris has changed positions on several key issues, including fracking, defunding the police, Medicare for All, and immigration. She claimed the vice president showed “strength” by becoming more informed and deciding to change his position. (Related article: 'We have to speak up': Scott Jennings and David Axelrod brawl over Minnesota's abortion law)

“Kamala Harris acknowledges that she has changed her position, but there is nothing wrong with changing her position as she becomes more informed. In fact, I think that is a strength of the candidate.” Quinn he said. “But Mr. Vance, like Mr. Trump, is trying to pretend that he has always opposed national abortion bans, which is not true. Change, converts are often yours. It's the best supporter, but that's not what's happening.”

Jennings added that Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the Harris campaign have not specified what restrictions on abortion they support. The Governor of Minnesota signed Reproductive Protection Option Act In May 2023, unlimited abortion became law.

Notably, Harris said in 2019 that there was “no question” that she would ban fracking, but her current campaign has since retracted that claim, saying it would not ban the practice if elected. Worth it. She also co-sponsored the Green New Deal in the Senate and supported banning the filibuster to get legislation passed in 2019 while in the Senate.

The vice president also supported me. give During the 2020 campaign, Harris likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Ku Klux Klan over health care coverage for undocumented immigrants and called for the agency to be abolished in 2018. advertisement By making clear her intentions to increase the number of Border Patrol agents, introduce new technology to stop drugs from entering the United States, and spend more money to thwart human traffickers, they They are trying to rebrand her as a hard-on-the-border candidate.

Harris was once a vocal supporter of the “defund the police” movement during the Black Lives Matter riots in the summer of 2020. Harris' then-press secretary, Sabrina Singh, withdrew her support for the movement when she became president in October 2020. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate.

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