CNN’s Scott Jennings calls MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell 'irrelevant,' 'lunatic'

CNN political commentator Scott Jennings tore into MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell this week, calling the primetime host a “lunatic” and a “failed media personality” after O’Donnell accused him of being paid to “lie” about Donald Trump on-air.

“There’s this lunatic on MSNBC at 10 o’clock every night named Lawrence O’Donnell,” Jennings said Wednesday on “The Scott Jennings Radio Show.”

“I had sort of forgotten that he was a thing. But I guess he still has a show and he went crazy on yours truly the other night.”

Jennings said O’Donnell’s attack was fueled by jealousy over sagging ratings. He attacked the former aide to the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) as a “failed media personality.”

“Here is Lawrence O’Donnell’s real problem. He’s irrelevant. Nobody likes his show,” Jennings s