Scott Jennings takes on CNN panel over antisemitism in the US: Problem is ‘not on the right’

CNN commentator Scott Jennings said that the Democratic Party was not doing capable to denounce increasing antisemitism connected assemblage campuses and astatine protests astir the state pursuing the Israel-Hamas war. 

"Everybody astatine this array knows wherever the root of antisemitism is successful this country," Jennings said connected "CNN This Morning" Friday successful a statement astir erstwhile President Trump's attempts to entreaty to Jewish voters. 

"It is not connected the right," helium said. 

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CNN commentator Scott Jennings said that the Democratic Party was not doing capable to denounce increasing antisemitism connected assemblage campuses. (CNN)

He argued that Democrats are not being honorable successful acknowledging increasing antisemitism concerns successful their party. 

"Let's speech astir what's going connected [at] each these assemblage campuses," helium said. "Let's speech astir what's going connected the streets of New York City." 

Elite schools similar Columbia and Brown University person been rocked by anti-Israel protests connected campus, with 1 of Brown's erstwhile trustees announcing his resignation successful an op-ed published earlier this period successful The Wall Street Journal. 

Jennings further defended erstwhile President Trump for his enactment of Israel during his administration.

"He did person beardown pro-Israel policies," Jennings said. "He did instrumentality a hard enactment against Iran." 

"The antisemitism occupation successful this state is connected the left," helium added. "It is not connected the right." 

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Jennings defended erstwhile President Trump for his enactment of Israel.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

"You cannot contradict what we person seen successful America since October the 7th," Jennings said, referring to Hamas' violent onslaught connected Israeli and different citizens that started the war. "And it lone has to bash with 1 thing. Antisemitism is connected the emergence and determination are radical who consciousness similar present is the clip to fto it retired and it is ugly." 

"If you privation to marque apologies for it connected the left, spell ahead," Jennings said, sparking an statement with Executive Director for Republican Voters Against Trump, Sarah Longwell, arsenic to Trump's estimation with Jewish voters. "I'm not going to bash it." 

"No, you are denying it exists connected the right," Longwell said. "You are stumping for Trump successful a mode that tries to disregard that helium himself dined with a White supremacist" and "cozied up" to Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Trump had meal with White nationalist Holocaust denier and governmental commentator Nick Fuentes successful 2023. Greene has been criticized for her comments astir the 2018 California wildfires being started by "space star generators" successful a connection that has been characterized arsenic antisemitic. 

Jennings argued that anti-Israel protesters were inactive much highly concentrated connected the left, telling Longwell, "That's your enactment now, those are your people. Those are the radical you question to represent. That's your coalition." 

The Trump run did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.