CNN Host Quickly Switches Topic After Scott Jennings Asks Panel To Name One Dem Who Is ‘More Popular’ Than Trump

“CNN NewsNight” host Abby Phillip quickly changed the subject to polling about President Donald Trump Monday night after Republican strategist Scott Jennings asked the show’s panel to name a Democrat “more popular” than the president.

Media outlets have seized on protests over Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts at Republican town halls, attempting to paint the president’s agenda as being unpopular with GOP voters and the public at large. After panelist Alencia Johnson, a former Biden campaign staffer, claimed angry Republicans “shut down” the constituent events Jennings asked the panel to name a Democrat who was more popular than Trump after clashing with Puck Senior Political Correspondent Tara Palmeri.

“You guys keep trying to create this fantasyland where Donald Trump is not popular or Republicans are mad,” Jennings said. “Can you can you name a single Democrat in Congress who is more popular than Donald Trump right now? Answer: No. The reality is, Republicans are so happy with this, they‘re not upset about it.”

“The American people are happy about what‘s going on right now because for the first time in a long time, a president said, ‘I‘m actually going to reduce the size of the government,’” Jennings continued.

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Rather than naming a popular Democrat, Phillip instead cited a CNN poll saying 52% of Americans felt Trump was focusing on the wrong issues.