For much of the past week, the Democratic National Convention has been a non-stop Donald Trump-bashing affair.
Absent of new ideas and influential policy, the DNC has largely focused on the so-called risks of a Trump presidency rather than addressing the issues currently facing America.
It’s a desperate measure. Although the former president has been a domineering figure in U.S. politics for the best part of a decade, he was only commander-in-chief for four of those years. By contrast, the Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the last 16 years – a fact which a conservative commentator on CNN pointed out on a panel discussion day three of the DNC.
Commentator Scott Jennings, addressed the liberal panel following the speech by Minnesota Gov. and Kamala Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz.
“The gaffe that I still see in all of these speeches, as good as they were, is that she’s in the White House right now,” Jennings said on CNN. “Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the last 16 years.”
“For all the talk about divisions and problems in the country and people are hurting, Democrats have mostly controlled this country…. and somehow, it’s still all Trump’s fault and somehow she hasn’t been at the center of it. So to me, that’s still the glaring hole of this campaign that hasn’t yet been solved at this convention. How do you explain all the problems that will be solved, by the person who is currently in there, for the past 3.5 years, that is supposed to already be working on solving them?” he asked.
With CNN’s commentators stunned into silence, many on social media praised Jennings for his remarks.
Others noted the reaction from CNN’s liberal pundits.
