Scott Jennings Sets Delusional CNN Panel Straight on the Truth About Biden's 'Legacy'

By any rational and meaningful standard, President Joe Biden’s tenure has been a blemish on this nation’s history.

The man’s so-called “legacy” (a term we’re using generously here) from his first and likely only presidential term consists of skyrocketing grocery prices, ignoring a grandchild until the backlash forced his hand, and blatantly lying about not pardoning his scandal-plagued son—a move Biden executed without a shred of irony on his way out.

Anyone willing to take an honest look at the facts should recognize that Biden’s four years as president have been far from commendable, to say the least.

Predictably, objectivity is hard to come by when it comes to CNN’s coverage of Biden’s “legacy.”

But there was one notable exception.

Once again, the responsibility of injecting fairness and honesty into CNN’s narrative fell to conservative commentator Scott Jennings—and yes, his remarks zeroed in on that “legacy.”

Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” program on Sunday, Jennings joined a panel discussion and, as usual, provided much-needed reality to a network often lacking it.

As expected, the conversation began with speculation on what a second term for President-elect Donald Trump might entail.

“And I don’t think this Donald Trump is going to be similar to the last one at all,” CNN contributor Bakari Sellers stated, according to CNN’s transcript. “I think he realizes that he only has four years. The difference, however, the substantive difference and something we have to watch—and I know that media and journalists will watch it more now than we did with Joe Biden—is that he’s 78 years old.

“The presidency ages you. And so I’m interested to see how Donald Trump continues to look, act, if he has the same vigor over the next two, three, four years, because being an 80-year-old president, as we have just seen for the last four years, is a bit much.”

(Interesting how presidential age suddenly matters to them now.)

CNN contributor Karen Finney added her perspective, suggesting Trump’s personality would alienate Americans, though she stopped short of forecasting a “blue wave” in the 2026 midterms.

“I think Americans are also going to get sick of kind of what we’re going to see, which is a repeat of chaos on Capitol Hill,” Finney said. “We have already seen sort of that clash with traditional conservative values around the budget, for example, and raising the debt ceiling with the president.

“I think he’s not going to be able to figure out how to make folks bend to his will at every turn. And I think Democrats will stay out of the way and let folks see. This—if this is what you want, here’s the full Trump.

“And I do think, within two years, when we get to a midterm, it’s going to be too much, and I think you’re going to see a backlash.”

Then Scott Jennings entered the discussion.

“I will tell you what I think Americans are sick of, Joe Biden, uncommon nonsense that comes out of the Democratic Party,” Jennings stated, seizing the opportunity to pivot the conversation to Biden’s “legacy.”

Throughout the panel, Jennings sparred with other contributors—particularly Finney, who attempted to defend Biden’s “legacy” as praiseworthy. But Jennings didn’t hold back when delivering his verdict.

“Look, I think he’s going to leave office in disgrace,” Jennings declared. “The Hunter Biden pardon was disgraceful. He’s going to be remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistan pullout. And I think as we continue to—we’re just getting the first draft of this now.

“But as we continue to learn about the massive cover-up that went on, not about his health, but about his mental acuity, to cover that up, the efforts that were undertaken by the White House staff, by his family, not in the last couple of months, but for all four years, I think it’s going to be a really ugly chapter.

“It’s a diminished presidency because of it. And I think we still don’t know the full extent of what they did to try to hide what they have been doing over in the West Wing.”

Jennings later amplified his sentiments on X (formerly Twitter), posting the clip alongside his scathing summary: “He’s a disgrace. Pardons. Commutations. Corruption. Coverups. The absolute degrading and ransacking of the presidency.”

Meanwhile, the CNN panelists made weak attempts to argue that Biden “showed up” (arguably the bare minimum, which he struggled to do), that he excelled in global relations (despite the world teetering closer to World War III), and that he didn’t incite an “insurrection” at the Capitol (an event voters addressed on Nov. 5).

When framed like that, it’s hard to see Biden’s “legacy” as anything other than a deeply tarnished one.