Scott Jennings Schools CNN on Trump, History, and Patriotism

Scott Jennings is not usually the kind of guy who dominates CNN panels. A senior political commentator for the network, he often finds himself outnumbered and shouted down by the liberal majority. But during a recent segment of “Newsnight,” Jennings delivered a sharp, unapologetic defense of Donald Trump’s perspective on how America’s history should be told, and he did it with a clarity that the Left has no good answer for.

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Jennings began by addressing the obvious: Slavery was evil. “My personal view is slavery was a reprehensible institution,” he said. “I agree with your words, that it was our original sin. We also fought a war to eradicate it and to get over it as a country. And that was a

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