Left-Wing Pollster’s Race Card Trap Against Scott Jennings Fails In Dramatic Fashion

Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings shut down the left-wing pollster's attempt to play the race card during a panel discussion about a law requiring the release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on CNN Tuesday night.

House of Representatives the vast majority passed legislation requiring the release of the files on Tuesday, with Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana only vote “no”. After left-wing filmmaker Franklin Leonard hinted at files implicating President Donald Trump during a CNN NewsNight panel, Jennings intervened. (RELATED: John Fetterman Fires at Democrats for Not Release Epstein Files While Biden Was President)

“I'd like to see the evidence. What I'm saying is…” Leonard said of the files being released before Jennings interjected: “You think after 10 years in public life you don't know that anymore?”

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“No, I don't know. That's the point,” Leonard said, to which Jennings responded: “Oh my God. It's an IQ test. Don't fail it. Come on, man. Donald Trump has been in public life for 10 years. Come on.”

Trump was told in May that his name was one of many in files linked to Epstein, who pleaded guilty to sex charges in 2008, the BBC reported. reported. Trump said In July, reporters said he believed the Biden administration would release anything it thought would harm his prospects in the 2024 presidential election.

A few minutes later, left-wing sociologist Joshua Doss raised the issue.

“I just want to take it back to something that just happened. I feel like I just heard Scott question the intelligence of this black man with an IQ test,” Doss said, prompting Jennings to respond, “That's not what you heard.”

“I feel like I heard it. And so I just want to say something,” Doss said before Jennings interrupted him, saying, “You're being ridiculous.”

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“That's what it sounded like,” Doss responded, to which Jennings replied, “You're being ridiculous. You want to make it racial? Go ahead. But it's funny.”

Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's most high-profile victims, did not accuse Trump of wrongdoing in her posthumous memoirs, published Oct. 21, about six months after she committed suicide. Ghost Writer Giuffre said “People” said she was a big Trump fan.

Epstein's victims said NBC News reporter Holly Jackson said during the Sept. 3 panel that they were not aware of any wrongdoing by Trump. The lawyer who represented some of Epstein's victims, Bradley Edwards, described Trump as someone who helped his efforts in a 2018 video.

“The only thing I can say about President Trump is that he is the only person who, in 2009, when I served a lot of subpoenas against a lot of people … he is the only person who picked up the phone and said, 'Let's just talk, I'll give you as much time as you want, I'll tell you what you need to know,'” Edwards said in 2018. video. (RELATED: Alan Dershowitz Says He Can Help Trump Team Prove WSJ Epstein Story Was 'Malice')

“AND [Trump] was very helpful in the information he provided and gave no indication that he was involved in anything illegal,” Edwards continued.

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