CNN anchor Scott Jennings has eviscerated a colleague who accused the right of spreading misinformation about the Los Angeles wildfires.
The network’s right-wing ‘black sheep’ was talking to John Avlon when the journalist accused Republicans of spreading disinformation, preventing a unified response to the crisis.
“In this environment right now, where disinformation is immediately flowing through social media networks that cuts across partisan lines, that stops our ability to be united,” Avlon said.
‘We should not simply accept that as inevitable. That weakens our ability to unite as a nation and as cities.”
However, Jennings did not accept the characterization and hit back by asking Avlon whether the Democrats’ behavior had been better.
“Do you think Democrats united or divided in the midst of these fires to go to Sacramento and vote in an emergency session to allocate $50 million to ‘Trump-proof’ California, to sue the Trump administration, he hasn’t even taken office yet?’ he asked.
‘Do you think that is a good priority and a good time to do that, or not? Was that divisive, was that divisive, or was that unity?”
CNN anchor Scott Jennings has eviscerated a colleague who accused the right of spreading misinformation about the Los Angeles wildfires
Jennings hit back at journalist John Avlon after claiming that right-wing disinformation is pushing partisan interests
Jennings was referring to the multimillion-dollar agreement signed yesterday by California Governor Gavin Newsom, which is intended to strengthen the state’s legal defenses against Donald Trump’s coming policies.
About half of the money is intended to prevent the mass deportation of illegal immigrants. The president-elect has indicated that he will implement this once he comes to power.
The other half will reportedly be used to sue the new government.
The move has been widely criticized by the Republican Party, which accused Newsom of engaging in partisan gamesmanship over how to handle the devastating wildfires.
So far, at least 24 people have been killed and more than 12,000 structures have been damaged.
Thousands of others have been displaced by the fires, which started a week ago.
Scott Wiener, chairman of the California Senate Budget Committee, defended the administration’s decision.
“This financing agreement strengthens California’s willingness to serve as a bulwark against Trump’s extremist agenda,” Wiener said in a statement obtained by POLITICS.
Jennings wondered whether California’s $50 million Trump-proofing deal was helpful in uniting people
So far, at least 24 people have been killed and more than 12,000 structures have been damaged
Newsom has been criticized for focusing on the deal as the wildfires continued to rage
Newsom also drew criticism after he appeared to try to pin the blame for the slow response to the wildfires on Los Angeles officials.
“I’m the governor of California and I want to know the answer — I have that question, I can’t tell you, by how many people, “What happened” — on my own team, “What happened?”,” Newsom said on Pod Save America. “I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t get any straight answers.”
“So to me, if you get different answers, I don’t understand the actual story,” he added.
The governor’s latest interview came after a California mother went viral when she called out Newsom over his bumbling response to the Los Angeles fires.
Rachel Darvish told Fox News she was furious with California’s governor after he sought a response when she pursued him.
Mr. Newsom claimed at the time that he tried to reach President Biden on the phone but said he could not get a cell connection, which Mr. Darvish said was indicative of his mismanagement of the crisis.