Jennings Presses CNN Host on Claiming Mamdani ISN’T ‘Hateful’ and Race-Obsessed

On the right, CNN reporter Omar Jimenez is remembered first as the man who stood in front of riotous flames in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020 as the CNN chyron claimed there were “FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS.”

Jimenez told viewers protests were “largely peaceful” during the day. “It wasn’t until nightfall that things begun to get a little bit more contentious. Things were thrown back and forth.”

On Sunday night, Jimenez was guest-hosting on CNN and the topic was socialist New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, and he tried to pull that euphemistic routine on Mamdani outlining his proposal to “shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.” He had to ahem, rephrase Scott Jennings, and Jennings told him he needed to read it again.

Jennings talked about the “whiter” thing, saying “he wants to tax people based on their race, which is one of the most radical things I’ve ever heard” and denounced Mamdani’s “hateful radical socialism.” As the segment wrapped up, Jimenez felt he had to “jump in” for what sounded like a “fact check,” although he admitted Jennings wasn’t misquoting Mamdani. “Point of order,” he claimed.

MARIA CARDONA: If they walk their districts the way Mamdani walked Manhattan and they focus on that message, they are going to win. And Republicans should be nervous.

JIMENEZ: I got to leave it there.

JENNINGS: Nobody is going to be able to walk Manhattan after he defunds the New York City Police Department, Maria. I wouldn’t advise walking Manhattan after he gets rid of the police force.

JIMENEZ: Just to, just to jump in.

CARDONA: No. You know, he’s not going to do that.

JIMENEZ: Just to jump in, hold on. Hold on. Mamdani advocated for defunding NYPD in 2020. He has since said his goal is reform, not defunding.

CARDONA: Exactly.

JIMENEZ: And then also, just —

JENNINGS: Oh, you guys are doing that again.

JIMENEZ: One more. No, it’s just —

JENNINGS: It’s the old Harris playbook. Got it.

JIMENEZ: Just one more thing, point of order. He just said he didn’t want to tax white people specifically, just higher income neighborhoods that do happen to be majority white. Scott —

JENNINGS: He literally wrote it in a statement, Omar! He literally wrote it down! Are you letting him get off the hook?

JIMENEZ: It is why — no, I’m saying, I am saying that he said that, but not on the basis of race specifically. I’m not saying he didn’t say that.

CARDONA: That’s right.

JIMENEZ: He did say that.

JENNINGS: OK. I think you need to re-read it.

JIMENEZ: But not on the basis of race specifically. Scott, Maria, always a pleasure. Thanks for being here.

PS: Here’s how Jennings took Mamdani apart before Jimenez tried to claim he wasn’t race-obsessed:

JENNINGS: Yes. If I were Maria, I’d want to talk about tactics, too, because to talk about this guy’s record and his ideas would absolutely sink the Democratic Party. I mean, in one, on the one hand, he says, I don’t think there should be billionaires. And then 10 seconds later he says, but I want to work with them to make sure there’s, you know, equality across the city. Working with them is a euphemism for taxing them into oblivion. That’s number one.

Number two, he’s also said he wants to tax people based on their race, which is one of the most radical things I’ve ever heard. Number three says he wants to defund the New York Police Department. Number four, I think he wants to empty the jails of violent criminals. If you want to destroy New York City, this is the person you would elect.

Interestingly, in the post-election primary voting analysis, it was these rich white liberals that supported Mamdani. The working class supported other people, but it was these, you know, rich white liberals in New York City that supported this guy. Of course, they’re the only ones that can afford to leave when he destroys the city. So I think as long as the Democrats are committed to this sort of radical socialism —  hateful, radical socialism that’s designed to divide people and destroy families and destroy communities and destroy New York City, you know, I don’t live in New York, I live in Kentucky. If they want to destroy their city, that’s fine with me. Nationally for the Democrats, it’s a huge disaster.

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