CNN pundit mocks liberals for friendly meetings with Trump after endless attacks on ‘literal Hitler’

Conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings tore into salient liberals connected Monday who person pivoted to a much sober code astir President-elect Donald Trump aft spending years lambasting him arsenic a fascist menace to democracy.

Following quality that Trump held a gathering with MSNBC co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough this week, and Trump’s cordial summit with President Biden astatine the White House past week, Jennings remarked connected the about-face, considering some the pundits and president person consistently labeled him a fascist threat.

"I‘m amazed. I did not expect Hitler to get truthful galore gathering requests, archetypal from Joe Biden, present from Mika and Joe," Jennings told a sheet connected "CNN NewsNight" Monday evening.

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CNN elder governmental commentator Scott Jennings called retired salient Trump critics for having affable meetings with the president-elect aft calling him Hitler for years. 

"It‘s astonishing that literal Hitler is getting each these gathering requests,"  he added with a wry grin connected his face. He went connected to accidental these examples of diplomacy with Trump beryllium that salient liberals defrauded Democratic voters with their rhetoric connected Trump being a dictator, including connected "Morning Joe."

"And what it tells me, professor," helium said to chap panelist Jeff Jarvis, "is that each the rhetoric that came from the left, from the Democrats, from the White House, from Kamala Harris and everyone other earlier the election, each of the rhetoric –  the fascism, the Hitler, the Nazi rally – it was each a clump of BS. They didn‘t mean immoderate of it."

"And if I were successful the Democrat sort-of rabble‘s shoes, I would beryllium looking astatine each my leaders and going, ‘Did you conscionable BS maine for an full six weeks earlier the election?’"

The MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-hosts revealed connected Monday that they met with Trump successful Mar-a-Lago past week, their archetypal clip seeing him face-to-face successful 7 years aft their narration collapsed erstwhile Trump archetypal took office.

Both pundits, who are among Trump’s harshest media critics, said the gathering was an important accidental for those who disagree to talk with each other, and a mode to "restart communications." They besides responded to critics blasting them for going done with it, which includes conservatives who labeled them phonies to liberals who said they were traitors to the cause.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough has been 1 of erstwhile President Trump’s harshest critics. The 2 spell backmost years and they person had astatine times a affable relationship. (MSNBC/Screenshot)

"Joe and I realized it’s clip to bash thing different, and that starts with not lone talking astir Donald Trump, but besides talking with him," Brzezinksi said. Scarborough added, "Don't beryllium mistaken. We're not present to support oregon normalize Donald Trump. We're present to study connected him and to hopefully supply you insights that are going to amended equip each of america successful knowing these profoundly unsettling times."

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Jarvis, who besides authored the publication "The Gutenberg Parenthesis," replied to Jennings with his insistence that Trump is successful information a fascist and a totalitarian who threatens America and that those liberals that are present making bully with him are failing to clasp him accountable. 

"I conscionable reread Hannah Arendt‘s ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism,’ and I cannot archer you however applicable it is to today. What has gone connected successful totalitarian regimes earlier is what is happening successful this state close now. It is fascism. His generals called him fascist. Joe Scarborough called him fascist," Jarvis declared.

He added, "And present the fascist is successful charge, and it is journalism‘s occupation to screen it that way, not to backmost disconnected and say, ‘Okay, good that‘s it, we lost. Let the fascism happen.’"

Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky argued that the liberals successful question bash judge Trump’s a fascist but attraction much astir boosting their careers than confronting him astatine this point. 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute Gala held astatine Mar-a-Lago connected November 14, 2024 successful Palm Beach, Florida. Trump has been announcing a fig of nominees to capable retired his upcoming administration. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

"It says a batch much actually, Scott, astir them than it does astir their beliefs, due to the fact that they judge it, they conscionable don‘t attraction due to the fact that they judge successful their ain careers more," she said. "And that’s the portion that’s disgusting to me."

Fox News Digital’s David Rutz and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.

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