Scott Jennings Scoffs At Liberal Panelist’s Claim About Special Elections Will Prove Voters Are ‘Sick Of Donald Trump’

CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings slammed liberal panelist Maria Cardona’s claim Monday that voters are “sick” of President Donald Trump as Democrats and Republicans are neck-and-neck in the upcoming special elections.

Both parties are gearing up to compete for two U.S. House seats in Florida and a seat in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court this week in what is seen as the first referendum on the Trump administration. Jennings pushed back against Cardona, who said that even Republican voters are tired of Trump, by pointing out that the president’s 50% approval rating is higher than the portion of the popular vote, 49.8%, that he won in the 2024 election.

“Voters are sick of Donald Trump and MAGA and Musk’s overreach,” Cardona said. “They are sick of being betrayed by what the president promised in the elections which is bringing down and reducing the costs of groceries, gas and rent. They are sick of the economic turmoil and the tariff taxes that Trump is trying to impose on them and we’re going to see that voter backlash. We have already seen it in the last special elections, Democrats have won 12 out of the last 13 special elections, flipping Republican seats that Donald Trump won by double digits. I think we’re gonna see a lot of that tomorrow.”

“Turnout in a special election is vastly different than a turnout in a midterm or even a turnout in a presidential. To Maria’s point about people being sick of Donald Trump, I’d just point out that the CBS poll yesterday, he has a 50% approval rating which is higher than the portion of the vote he got in the November election,” Jennings said. “I don’t think people are really sick of it.” (RELATED: Scott Jennings Says GOP Must ‘Come To Grips’ With ‘New’ Electoral ‘Reality’)

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