CNN NEWSNIGHT WITH ABBY PHILLIP
11/18/24
10:34 PM
SCOTT JENNINGS: I'm amazed. I did not expect Hitler to get so many meeting requests. First from Joe Biden, now from Mika and Joe. It's amazing that Literal Hitler is getting all these meeting requests. And what it tells me, Professor, is that all the rhetoric that came from the left, from the Democrats, from The White House, from Kamala Harris and everyone else before the election all of the rhetoric, the fascism, the Hitler, the Nazi rally, it was all a bunch of BS. They didn't mean any of it. And if I were- and if I were in the Democrat sort of rabble's shoes, I would be looking at all my leaders and going: did you just BS me for an entire six weeks before the election?
JEFF JARVIS: I just reread Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism, and I cannot tell you how relevant it is to today. What has gone on in totalitarian regimes before is what is happening in this country right now. It is fascism. His generals called him fascist. Joe Scarborough called him fascist, and now the fascist is in charge and it is journalism's job to cover it that way- not to back off and say, “OK, well, that’s it. We lost. Let the fascism happen.” No.
