Democratic strategist Karen Finney and GOP pundit Scott Jennings (YouTube Screengrab)
Republican pundit and Trump supporter Scott Jennings suffered an odd moment of silence after CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and Democratic strategist Karen Finney corrected his claim that inflation numbers today are better than they were under former president Joe Biden.
Collins asked Jennings point blank for his take on President Donald Trump’s claim to “love” inflation—even as it plagues voters seeing $70 vehicle fill-ups and $500 increase in monthly grocery bills.
“No, it was very inartful. I mean, I understand what he was I think he was saying that he feels encouraged that the numbers are better today than they were under Biden,” Jennings informed the panel of the Source with Kaitlan Collins.
“That’s absolutely not true,” corrected Finney.
“They’re as bad as today as they were since 2023,” said Collins.
After a pause, Jennings said: “You’re arguing that inflation today or during Trump’s term is as bad as it was during Biden’s term? Surely nobody would argue that.”
“No, I'm saying that Trump said he was going to come into office and lower inflation and it's higher today than it was when he took office,” Collins said.
At that point, Jennings grabbed the familiar GOP refrain that the rate of inflation is what really matters, as if the speed with which inflation changes is what’s impacting voters’ bank accounts — rather than the amount of it.
“The rate of inflation today is certainly lower than the rate of inflation during Biden's term,” Jennings insisted.
“But not when Trump took office,” said Collins, perhaps not fully grasping the length of Jenning’s logic twist. “It's the highest it's been since 2023.”
“I'm not, I'm not arguing the numbers,” said Jennings. “I saw the report. And by the way, it is a political issue. I mean, if inflation continues to trend up, if gas prices don't come down, you can't deny that.”
At that point Finney and Jennings launched into crosstalk.
“But do you think he'll apologize to the American people for taking the economy and making them broke?” challenged Finney.
“We've had three straight months of massive job growth,” Jennings insisted. “We have manufacturing—”
“Well then why are people losing their health care. Why are gas prices over $6? Why are grocery prices [exploding].”
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