CNN's Scott Jennings torn into as right-wing podcaster loses it over Trump pandering

CNN chief Trump apologist Scott Jennings got a blistering tear-down for his pandering to the president — from a man who used to be the president's biggest fan.

Andrew Schulz, a pro-Donald Trump comedian and podcaster who hosted Donald Trump before the 2024 election, unloaded on CNN conservative commentator Jennings this week, mocking him for what Schulz called the impossible task of defending the president — no matter what.

On Wednesday's episode of his Flagrant podcast, Schulz, 42, went after Jennings after a discussion about Fox News pastor Robert Jeffress claiming Trump understands the Bible's teachings on government better than the Pope.

"That's a hard job, to just cap for that m----------- all the time," Schulz said in the podcast, which was reported on by The Daily Beast. "Yo, just let it go man, he's [messing] up everything, just call it what it is. You don't have to ... cap for this dude."

Schulz then zeroed in on Jennings specifically, taking a shot at the CNN commentator's appearance.

"I see that guy Scott Jennings, he's losing hair," Schulz said. "Do you know that guy who's on CNN and his job is just to be like 'Everything Trump is doing is right?' You can tell he is stressed."

Schulz also referenced Jennings' on-air meltdown earlier this month, when the 48-year-old former Bush strategist exploded at 23-year-old Democratic commentator Adam Mockler, yelling expletives as they argued.

"He's cursing at little teenagers they got out there arguing with him," Schulz said, mimicking the confrontation. "It's like a 14-year-old putting his finger in his face — 'Get your ... hands out of my face!' Like, he's stressed."

Schulz has grown increasingly critical of Trump since the election. In a July podcast episode, he said the president had done the opposite of everything he'd voted for.

"There'll be people that, they'll DM me like, 'You see what your boy's doing? You voted for this,'" Schulz said. "I'm like, 'I voted for none of this. He's doing the exact opposite of everything I voted for.'"

Jennings' outburst at Mockler has drawn calls for his firing from former CNN colleagues, including anchor Jim Acosta, who wrote on Substack, "Lighten up, Scott! Mockler is almost a kid. And a nice one at that. Either way, Jennings should be fired."

CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.