CNN’s NewsNight descended into a nasty brawl littered with personal insults after Republican strategist Scott Jennings bristled at a reminder of his past condemnation of Donald Trump’s handling of the January 6 Capitol riot.

The panel was debating Trump’s move to deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., citing “out-of-control” crime and his authority to take over the Metropolitan Police for 30 days during an emergency.

Jennings, a close confidant of Mitch McConnell, called it necessary to restore safety.

Democratic operative Julie Roginsky countered by pointing out that Trump refused to call in the Guard as rioters stormed the Capitol in 2021—something Jennings himself slammed at the time. “I guess I’m old enough, Scott, to remember when you were appalled… on January 6 when he wou

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