Jesse Dollemore: Scott Jennings GOT OWNED SO HARD – No Choice but to SHUT HIS MOUTH!!!

"Jesse talks about a humiliating moment for Scott Jennings. He was asked a fundamental Constitutional question about who possesses the authority to declare war, and he unsurprisingly got the answer wrong." 

Source:Jesse Dollemore actually does watch "cable news". That might be a newsflash for some.

From Jesse Dollemore

From Mediate: 

"On Thursday night’s edition of CNN NewsNight, Phillip and a panel comprised of Jennings, Xochitl Hinojosa, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Donte Mills, and Van Lathan discussed Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.

When Jennings asserted that “we are at war” with suspected gang members, Phillip popped a Schoolhouse Rock-style quiz on him:

JENNINGS: These individual judges are overstepping. If what you’re essentially saying is that the president, who is the commander-in- chief, cannot determine when we are being invaded, an individual district court judge is going to decide that? No, thank you.

PHILLIP: Can I just ask a simple question? Who gets to decide whether the United States is at war or not?

JENNINGS: The president, in my opinion.

PHILLIP: No.

JENNINGS: If we’re being invaded, I want the commander-in-chief in that —

PHILLIP: Scott, no. It’s actually the Congress.

JENNINGS: You’re asking if we’re being invaded.

PHILLIP: I’m asking —

JENNINGS: You want to call Congress and see if we’re being invaded?

PHILLIP: I’m asking a basic constitutional question.

JENNINGS: We’ll be taken over before they ever get to the committee.

PHILLIP: (INAUDIBLE) will decide whether the United States is at war, the answer is Congress.

JENNINGS: I’m talking about if we’re being invaded.

PHILLIP: When the president says we’re at war, he has to show proof —

JENNINGS: Show we’re actively at war, not —

PHILLIP: And what he needs to do is go to Congress and —

(CROSSTALKS)

LATHAN: Wait a second, though. I thought the genius of our system was that we weren’t beholden to one guy’s opinion, that the genius of the American system of government was that we had three co-equal branches, and in those co-equal branches decisions, were made about how we go about doing things.

Now, we want to tear that to shreds so that we can kowtow to one guy’s opinion, then we are in a monarchy. We’re being ruled." 

From Mediate

So even though Jesse Dollemore says he doesn't watch these prime cable talk shows... somebody watches them for him? I guess he could be more frank and say: "I watch them so you don't have to". 

Which is sort of what some reporters who cover Donald Trump say: "I listen to the President's speeches so you don't have to". 

I gave up "cable news" at night, which was the only time that I ever had to watch it anyway, right after 2024 General Elections. That election night was so depressing, I just gave it up. But I get so much news during the day anyway from people doing their own reporting and videos online, all the newsletters, etc, I'm much happier this way anyway. And it frees up my nights to do things that make me happy and that I actually enjoy, instead of: 

Should grown men be allowed to compete in women's sports?

Do reporters have a constitutional right to question the President of the United States? 

Do judges have a right to rule against the President of the United States? 

Do students have a constitutional right to wear t-shirts that might offend other students? 

I mean that's the level of discussion and programming that we now get from the so-called news networks during prime-time now. And not just from MSNBC, or FNC, or Newsmax, but CNN as well.. it's basically just political, tabloid, culture war, gossip.

From what I've read about Scott Jennings background, the only Congressional experience that he has was working for Senator Mitch McConnell's 2002, 2014 reelection campaigns. But you don't need to be a Congressional expert to know that only Congress (House & Senate) gets to officially declare war in America: 

"The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war. This power is explicitly stated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11. While the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the military, only Congress can formally declare war." 

From Senate.GOV. 

So when CNN anchor Abby Phillip told Scott Jennings last night: 

"Who will decide whether the United States is at war, the answer is Congress." 

Al she was doing was giving Mr. Jennings a 10th grade social studies lesson, to a guy with a college degree. So when Mr. Jennings says: 

"These individual judges are overstepping. If what you’re essentially saying is that the president, who is the commander-in- chief, cannot determine when we are being invaded, an individual district court judge is going to decide that? No, thank you.

We’ll be taken over before they ever get to the committee." 

According to MAGA, we only have a Constitution, when there's a Democratic President... especially a Democratic President, with a Democratic Congress, But when MAGA is in charge, the Constitution is just basically just a manual that comes with a brand new TV or DVR: something there to use when you feel like you need some assistance. 

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