{"id":3243,"date":"2026-07-10T20:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:14:42","slug":"cnn-throws-scott-jennings-under-bus-on-mcconnell-health-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3243","title":{"rendered":"CNN Throws Scott Jennings Under Bus on McConnell Health Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>CNN says that it does not consider Scott Jennings\u2019 widely criticized claims about Sen. Mitch McConnell\u2019s health condition to be \u201cCNN reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3241\">Man in Custody After Brexit Leader Found Dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A network spokesperson told the Daily Beast that Jennings, who is among the GOP insiders who claim to have spoken to McConnell this week, \u201cis not a full-time employee or journalist\u201d at CNN and that his reporting \u201creflects his experience\u201d and does not represent the network.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAs a CNN Political Commentator, Scott Jennings is not a full-time employee or journalist for the network,\u201d the spokesperson told the Beast. \u201cHis account of a personal conversation with Senator McConnell reflects his experience and is not CNN reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNN has covered the McConnell health saga extensively, including being the first network to publish footage of the senator being loaded into an ambulance. It has not presented Jennings\u2019 reporting as its own on the air or in digital articles, but has provided him a platform to make claims about McConnell\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>That included Jennings appearing on Jake Tapper\u2019s show on Thursday. There, he claimed that the staff of the Kentucky senator told him that McConnell is planning to return to work amid growing rumors that the senator is \u201cbrain dead\u201d or a \u201cvegetable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been in touch with the staff,\u201d Jennings told Tapper. \u201cIn fact, I was speaking with some of his senior staff today, and I know he was actually meeting with some of his staff late this afternoon about a few issues going on over at the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennings continued, \u201cAnd truthfully, it sounded to me like somebody who was preparing at some point to go back to work. Now, whether that means go back to work soon or go back to work eventually, I don\u2019t know. But I do know he was meeting with his staff today and getting some briefings on a few issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tapper neither pushed back on Jennings\u2019 claim that he spoke to McConnell by phone nor did he treat it as fact, though he did question why McConnell\u2019s team has not released a video of the senator that would prove he is OK and dispel speculation about his condition. <\/p>\n<p>CNN host Laura Coates asked Jennings why he did not press McConnell for more answers about his health when he appeared on her show on Tuesday but did not push Jennings for proof that their call actually occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings, who also hails from Kentucky, previously directed political operations for McConnell\u2019s U.S. Senate campaigns. He did not respond to a request for comment for this article.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, 84, has been hospitalized for nearly a month after emergency responders were called to his home on June 14. Dispatch audio indicates there was a report of an unconscious person in cardiac arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3239\">Trump\u2019s AF1 Move Leaves Former Air Force Secretary Stunned<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s staff, which is led by his longtime, camera-shy aide, Terry Carmack, who is set to earn more than $226,000 this year, has remained largely mum on the senator\u2019s condition. <\/p>\n<p>Updates on McConnell\u2019s health have largely come from allies like Jennings and Republican Sen. John Thune, who also claims to have spoken with McConnell by phone about political issues.<\/p>\n<p>CNN host Kasie Hunt scrutinized Jennings\u2019 claim that he spoke to McConnell for about 17 minutes during his Tuesday appearance on <i>The Arena<\/i>. She implored Jennings to ring up McConnell on the air so Americans could hear for themselves that McConnell is alive and well. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you come away feeling like he\u2018s still capable of serving the people of Kentucky as senator?\u201d Hunt asked Jennings about the call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came away feeling that he was staying on top of the news,\u201d Jennings answered. \u201cHis condition\u2014why he\u2019s in the hospital, or when he might come out&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know why?\u201d Hunt asked. \u201cAnd are you just saying you\u2018re not at liberty to share?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know why,\u201d Jennings said. \u201cI only know, frankly, what has been reported or what his office has said. So this was, it was a personal, private call. But I didn\u2018t, I didn\u2018t probe him too deeply for his medical records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould you encourage him or anyone in his position to be more transparent with his voters about his health than he\u2018s been so far?\u201d Hunt continued to press.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cUh, good question. I think that\u2018s a fair\u2014I think that\u2018s a fair thing to say,\u201c Jennings acknowledged. \u201dBut on the other hand&#8230; my impression of men of that age is that they\u2018re a little private when it comes to their health. Now, he\u2018s in public office, and that carries a different responsibility. But it\u2018s a fair question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3237\">Trump Vanity Project Turns New Putrid Color<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN says that it does not consider Scott Jennings\u2019 widely criticized claims about Sen. Mitch McConnell\u2019s health condition to be \u201cCNN reporting.\u201d Read more Man in Custody After Brexit Leader Found Dead A network spokesperson told the Daily Beast that Jennings, who is among the GOP insiders who claim to have spoken to McConnell this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CNN Throws Scott Jennings Under Bus on McConnell Health Claim - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3243\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CNN Throws Scott Jennings Under Bus on McConnell Health Claim - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CNN says that it does not consider Scott Jennings\u2019 widely criticized claims about Sen. 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