Scott Jennings Mocked For ‘F**king Stupid’ Take On Tim Walz Statement About Minnesota | EUROtoday

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Thursday twisted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) clear name for peace, claiming the governor “believes he is seceding from the Union” — and on-line critics pounced on Jennings’ “unfathomably stupid” response.

Minnesotans have been protesting since native resident Renee Good was fatally shot by a federal immigration officer final week. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy the U.S. navy towards American residents.

Walz hoped to alleviate native tensions Thursday with an assuring submit on X.

“State investigators have been on the scene in Minneapolis,” the governor wrote. “I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets. But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Don’t give him what he wants.”

It’s unclear whether or not Jennings deliberately misconstrued the submit when he reshared it and wrote, “‘Minnesota will remain an island.’ Walz cannot be more explicit — this buffoon believes he is seceding from the Union. We are well into Insurrection Act territory.”

Jennings wasn’t at all times a faithful Trump supporter. He known as Trump an “authoritarian” in a 2016 opinion column and stated reside on CNN after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot that Trump “clearly violated his oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”

He’s since made a major heel flip and frequently defends Trump in heated debates on CNN. While Jennings has ceaselessly been flamed on social media in consequence, critics appeared angrier than ever Thursday for his disregard of escalating tensions in Minnesota.

“What is wrong with you?” requested one X consumer, with one other particular person writing: “There will come a day when you will have to face accountability for what you’ve done to help this regime and the downfall of this country. History will remember what you did in this moment, Scott.”

Another wrote: “You absolute shit muppet. Talk about an obvious and intentional misquote.”

The Bulwark’s White House correspondent, Andrew Egger, in the meantime, argued that Jennings was “obviously lying” on goal.

While his true motivations stay unclear, Jennings was mocked and condemned by critics on social media, together with The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait and Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.).