CNN token Conservative commentator Scott Jennings pushed back sharply against host Kasie Hunt after she cited an NBC poll in which 23% of Americans said the United States is not one of the greatest countries in the world.
Jennings immediately asked for the partisan breakdown of the results. “And if you looked at the splits on that by politics, what would you find?” Jennings said.Hunt replied, “I don’t have that slide...”
Jennings then cited Gallup polling on national pride, stating that Republicans and conservatives remain proud to be Americans, while Democrats and liberals are not.
“I think if you looked at the splits in that, you’d find...the lines on the graph going this way,” he continued.
“I think there’s a political movement in this country right now built on telling people that America is rotten at its core. And it’s not the Republican ideology.”
CNN’s Kasie Hunt pulled up an NBC poll claiming 23% of Americans say the United States is not one of the greatest countries in the world.
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Scott Jennings saw through the narrative instantly and flipped it on her.
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The exchange occurred during a CNN panel discussion.
The NBC poll figure was presented by Hunt as part of a broader conversation, but Jennings argued the overall sentiment reflects a deep partisan divide rather than a general decline in American pride. Gallup has consistently shown strong partisan differences in measures of national pride in recent years.
This moment highlights ongoing debates on cable news about American exceptionalism and partisan attitudes toward the country.