Scott Jennings Defends Trump For Charging New Jersey Dem. CNN Host Has Wild Response.

CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings defended President Donald Trump’s administration for moving forward with charges against one of the House Democrats involved in a physical scuffle with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside a New Jersey detention facility — but CNN host Abby Phillip tried her level best to make the conversation about President Donald Trump instead.

The charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) stemmed from a dust-up outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, where she was allegedly caught on body-cam video getting physical with federal agents during a protest that also involved two other House Democrats — New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman and Rob Menendez — and Democratic Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Jennings argued during a Monday panel discussion that Trump’s Justice Department was well within its rights to level charges against McIver for her actions — but Phillip jumped in to run interference.

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Feds well within rights to charge Rep. McIver for assaulting law enforcement at ICE facility in Newark.

The video doesn’t lie – it ain’t no cheap fake! Amazing how much energy Dems put into illegal aliens. Week after week. They’d never fight that hard for the American people. pic.twitter.com/yjP0GiJSdr

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) May 20, 2025

Mayor Baraka began the discussion by claiming that he believed the videos would ultimately clear McIver of any wrongdoing, but Jennings was not buying it.

“I mean, the videos are pretty clear, are they not?” Jennings asked. “I mean, she’s shoving — elbows — pushing, I mean, this is violent activity against law enforcement, is it not?”

Barak attempted to downplay the scene, saying simply, “There’s a lot of pushing and shoving. I don’t know if —”

“Would a regular person, if they came and did that to a federal officer, get away with it?” Jennings pressed.

“A regular person —?” Baraka asked.

“Just a regular person, a non-politician,” Jennings clarified.

“They might get pardoned,” Phillip interjected, clearly referencing the people Trump pardoned for their involvement in the riots on January 6th, 2021.

“If they showed up at a federal facility —” Jennings continued.

“They might get pardoned,” Phillip repeated. “By this president.”

“But were they charged?” Jennings pressed. “Were they charged? Were they convicted in court? Would a regular person get away with it?”

Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky then tried to convince Jennings that the video of McIver was not clear, and that he’d be able to see that if he took off his “MAGA goggle glasses.”

“It’s not a ‘cheap fake,’ I can tell you that,” Jennings said of the body cam footage.