In news that will absolutely thrill conservatives coast-to-coast, a new report is claiming that CNN’s only true Republican pundit, Scott Jennings, who is a favorite among viewers, is considering whether to launch his own campaign for the Senate. This means that there’s a possibility that Sen. Mitch McConnell who will be retiring, might be replaced by a true MAGA Republican.
You can hear the screams of agony coming from the radical left if you step outside. It’s glorious.
Jennings said last week that he’s ready and stands at the president’s service should he be needed, meaning that if Trump wants him to run, he’s willing to do it. If that doesn’t get you pumped up, you’d better check your pulse.
“If the president wants me, I’ll run,” he said in a conversation with a reporter during a Washington, D.C., afterparty for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“Leveraging President Donald Trump’s support in a state he won by over 30 points last year is critical to winning Kentucky’s Republican primary, a sharp-elbowed affair where McConnell managed to hang on despite multiple conservative primary challengers of his own. With the former Senate majority leader heading for the exit, Jennings would immediately float to the top of a pack that already has some heavy hitters,” Trending Politics News reported.
The article continued, “Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) last week launched his Senate campaign and begins the race with over $5.3 million in available reserves. Daniel Cameron, the state’s attorney general from 2019 to 2024 and the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2023, left the starting blocks in January with less than half a million dollars on hand, according to the latest campaign filing reports.”
While both have proven themselves faithful to conservative principles, Barr has especially been a tried and true supporter of the vast majority of MAGA agenda items. Jennings acknowledged as much as he also offered to stand down if Trump said that such action would benefit the interest of the party.
“If he wants somebody else, I’ll support that candidate,” he said in an interview with the Daily Beast.
The stunned reporter then asked Jennings if he believed Trump would continue to flex an iron grip over Senate Republicans after the 2026 elections, given the volatility in his poll numbers. Without hesitation, the Kentucky native casually replied that Trump would indeed remain the foremost influencer within the party through 2028. As the outlet notes, other GOP leaders, including Donald Trump Jr. and Vice President J.D. Vance, have made clear they intend to steer Kentucky’s Senate field over any objection by McConnell, who is despised by President Trump and no longer in touch with the party’s populist base.
“If you’re asking for a permission slip to run for office here in Kentucky from Mitch McConnell, then you shouldn’t be running in the first place,” Nate Morris, a conservative businessman who is also thinking about a Senate run, said on X back in February.
“Ironically, Jennings is a former aide to McConnell; both attended the University of Kentucky before Jennings parted ways to enter the world of conservative media. GOP political operatives said he would be challenged to prove that the 83-year-old senator is not pulling the strings behind his campaign, and any money Jennings raises with the help of McConnell or his fundraising network would immediately be called into question,” TPN’s report said.
A veteran politico with the Republican Party told the publication that he couldn’t imagine Trump giving Jennings his stamp of approval over Morris, despite Jennings having a superb presence on television.
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