CNN’s die-hard, Donald Trump-loving commentator Scott Jennings was mocked on Thursday for his wild, F-bomb overreaction to being challenged over his defense of the president’s war on Iran.
Jennings told Adam Mockler, a commentator for the progressive MeidasTouch Network, to “get your fucking hand out of my face” — despite Mockler’s hand being nowhere near — during a heated exchange on “NewsNight.”
Jennings appeared to be initially triggered by Mockler’s comment about his defense of “prior endless wars” when he served in the administration of former President George W. Bush.
Watch from the 9:00 mark here:
“Eight weeks is endless to you?” Jennings fired back at Mockler. Mockler pointed out that the Iran conflict has now dragged on for much longer than what Trump and his MAGA allies first insisted it would. Jennings suggested Mockler had “the attention span of a gnat.”
Mockler then pushed Jennings to name “one political concession” that Iran has given the U.S. amid talks.
Mockler raised his hand slightly to make his point and Jennings flipped out, telling him: “Get your fucking hand out of my face, first of all.”
Anchor Abby Phillip chimed in: “Hey, hey. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Guys, excuse me.”
Jennings said: “I’m not going to have this guy’s hand in my face.”
Phillip urged calm: “Everybody, everybody hang tight, OK?”
She then added: “No, everybody, calm down. OK? We’re having a debate. You can respond to the points that he’s making.”
The conversation then continued.
Mockler later reflected on the incident on X, writing: “Scott Jennings claimed I got in his face; Watch what actually happened in the full CNN segment. He throws a personal jab… then folds the second he gets pressed. Scott loves to dish it but can’t take it.”
MeidasTouch Network, meanwhile, posted on its official account that it was “absolutely UNHINGED behavior” from Jennings and asked: “How could any network possibly allow this loose cannon on the air?”
Other prominent voices on social media also weighed in: