CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip may have decided to try something new on Friday by taking her roundtable of panelists to the set of the Food Network, but one thing that remained the same was MRC Bulldog Award winner Scott Jennings triggering his liberal colleagues. This time, Jennings argued Trump had the “best week or two weeks” of his term, punctuated by the Supreme Court’s ruling that limited the power of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions.
Phillip had more of a statement than a question when she declared, “I mean, this is obviously very controversial, partly because, in addition to all of this, it just opens the door to Donald Trump just going crazy in terms of executive orders. He can issue an executive order today and will, likely, he said so today, and he knows that the lower courts cannot carte blanche stop him, which hugely increases the power of the executive.”
Jennings began by observing Trump and Republicans are feeling good, “Yeah. Look, this is a great week for him, not just because of this ruling, but earlier in the week, the Supreme Court handed him the ruling on being able to deport illegal immigrants to third-party countries, essentially. So, he's on a little bit of a winning streak in the courts right now. And, you know what, a lot of Republicans are saying is, ‘Nope, we're not tired of winning yet.’ This happened. The stock market's at a record high. He brokered the ceasefire in the 12-Day War. Peace broke out between Rwanda and the Congo. I mean, gas prices are at a four-year low for the summer.”
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