A panel discussion on “CNN Newsnight” erupted Monday after Republican strategist Scott Jennings said the United States had “made progress” since the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Congress on Monday certified President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Ashley Allison, a former Biden campaign aide, claimed that the United States “probably won’t move forward” from the Capitol riot that delayed the certification of the 2020 presidential election, telling Jennings that most Americans don’t think most Americans will move forward. He said he is doing so. (Related: Jim Acosta, Democratic Guest, Leaves Grasping at Straws After CNN Panelist Explains How Pelosi Used J6 for ‘Partisan Gains’)
“This country is already moving forward,” Jennings said in response to Allison’s assertion after the Democratic debate. Objection to certification In the 2000 election, then-Republican Governor George W. Bush won Texas by less than 600 votes, although then-Vice President Al Gore tried to contest Florida’s results. “It’s all of us today who are having meltdowns and not moving forward.”
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Allison was furious in response to Jennings’ comments.
“No, there was no meltdown. We watched the vice president do his job because we had to wait 14 hours, but we still watched Mike Pence work,” Allison said. said. “And just as we applauded Mike Pence for having the courage to stand up to Donald Trump, it’s hard to lose when people lose, whether they’re kids or adults. That’s why it’s hard to lose. , I don’t want to be a loser.”
“So we’re here because he couldn’t grow up. He couldn’t stand up and say this country is bigger than me,” Allison added. “Voters decided four years ago. Today, he still hasn’t done it. Now, in 2000 and 2004. You can try to compare the years, but it’s not the same. And you can do that — I know, deep down, what happened on January 6th is us. I know you know that I’ve never seen anything like that in my lifetime. And God hope we never do that. That didn’t happen in the year.”
Former Obama administration aide Van Jones agreed, pointing out that Trump has “never given a concession speech” since the 2020 election.
“Even as the violence was unfolding, he said this election was stolen from us,” Abby Phillip said. “He literally said that while the cops were being beaten.”
CNN Data reporter Harry Enten noted on Monday that only 5% of Americans surveyed considered the Capitol riot to be their “greatest memory” of President Trump’s first term.
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