{"id":2411091,"date":"2025-03-07T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-van-jones-attempt-to-fact-check-scott-jennings-on-transgender-mice-blows-up-in-his-face\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:56:16","slug":"watch-van-jones-attempt-to-fact-check-scott-jennings-on-transgender-mice-blows-up-in-his-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-van-jones-attempt-to-fact-check-scott-jennings-on-transgender-mice-blows-up-in-his-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Van Jones&#8217; Attempt to Fact-Check Scott Jennings on Transgender Mice Blows Up in His Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-van-jones-attempt-to-fact-check-scott-jennings-on-transgender-mice-blows-up-in-his-face%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a \u200crecent exchange on CNN \u2062involving President Donald\u2064 Trump\u200c and\u200b his controversial claim\u200d about\u200d federal\u200d spending on &#8220;transgender mice.&#8221; During a segment, conservative commentator\u2062 Scott jennings highlighted this expenditure, which \u200ctrump mentioned in a joint address to \u200bcongress, prompting a reaction from CNN&#8217;s Van Jones.\u2062 Jennings \u200dpointed out that the claim\u2062 had \u2062been initially fact-checked by CNN as false but later corrected after the White House provided proof.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">discussion turned heated<\/a> as Jennings tried to clarify the legitimacy of the \u200bexpenditure while\u200c Jones attempted\u2063 to refute it. The author argues that Trump effectively manipulates\u200d the media by\u200b keeping \u2064his critical narratives in the news, and that commentators like Jones inadvertently \u2062assist\u200c him by challenging his claims, thus drawing more attention to Trump&#8217;s messages. The \u200dpiece concludes by noting a growing \u200ddiscontent among voters\u200b with the Democrat-dominated media and \u200cestablishment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As usual, President Donald Trump played the Democrats and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-todd-bensman-many-of-joe-bidens-migrants-die-on-trek-to-u-s-border\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Todd Bensman -- Many of Joe Biden&#039;s Migrants Die on Trek to U.S. Border\">establishment media allies<\/a> like a fiddle.<\/p>\n<p>Eager to refute everything Trump says, establishment commentators like CNN&rsquo;s Van Jones inadvertently serve the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s purpose. They haggle, they &ldquo;fact-check,&rdquo; and they practically hyperventilate in the process. But, in the end, they keep Trump&rsquo;s popular message in the news.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip posted Thursday to the social media platform X, Jones foolishly challenged conservative commentator Scott Jennings&rsquo; accurate claim that X owner Elon Musk, head of Trump&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency, had uncovered $8 million in indefensible federal spending on transgender mice.<\/p>\n<p>The clip began with fellow commentator David Axelrod accusing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maxine-waters-appears-off-unhinged-video-seems-believe-elon-musks-technology-influenced-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> of indiscriminate cuts in federal spending.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s not all indiscriminate. I mean, we don&rsquo;t really need the transgender mice, do we?&rdquo; Jennings replied.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Jones immediately interjected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not even real!&rdquo; the liberal commentator insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings and Jones then spent a few moments going back and forth about the authenticity of the transgender mice claim.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the conservative had it right.<\/p>\n<p>During his joint address to Congress on Tuesday evening, Trump ran through a list of federal items that no sane American would support, including $8 million for transgender mice.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, CNN fact-checked that claim as &ldquo;false&rdquo; but then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-forced-issue-correction-fact-check-trying-nail-trump-transgender-mice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quietly edited<\/a> its own article after the White House published proof.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is it real or not? Did we have to say it was real or not?&rdquo; Jennings asked his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-cnn-doesnt-want-to-hear-anyone-who-sounds-like-you\/\" title=\"OPINION: CNN Doesn\u2019t Want To Hear Anyone Who Sounds Like You\">fellow panelists<\/a>, knowing full well that the network had indeed updated its own fact check.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that did not prevent Jones from issuing what sounded like a passionate defense of the $8 million expenditure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">&#128001; &#128001;&#128001; transgender mice! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SIPZcp2ELr\">pic.twitter.com\/SIPZcp2ELr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1897785792228884620?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-hits-new-low-panelist-literally-speechless-jennings-teaches-potus-commands-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennings<\/a>, of course, has earned a reputation for deft handling of his generally unhinged fellow CNN panelists.<\/p>\n<p>The real story, however, involves the ease with which Trump seems to manipulate his antagonists into doing his bidding.<\/p>\n<p>After all, at a news conference several weeks before his joint address to Congress, the president had run through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bringing-receipts-watch-trump-silence-reporters-list-insane-government-waste-even-dont-try-defend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar list<\/a> of indefensible spending.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, therefore, Trump wants those spending items in the public mind. If he did not, then he would not have repeated some of them on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>For reasons only Jones could explain, the liberal commentator gave the president exactly what the president wanted.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Jones went even further. He gave Trump the bonus gift of appearing to&nbsp;<em>defend&nbsp;<\/em>$8 million in federal spending on transgender mice.<\/p>\n<p>Small wonder that sensible American voters find themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lifelong-democrat-flips-parties-hitting-breaking-point-trumps-address-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alienated<\/a> from the Trump-hating, Democrat-dominated establishment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In their eagerness to counter Trump&#8217;s statements, commentators like CNN&#8217;s Van Jones unintentionally support him. They debate, &#8220;fact-check,&#8221; and become overly animated, ultimately keeping Trump&#8217;s widely accepted message in the spotlight. In a recent clip shared on X, Jones mistakenly challenged conservative commentator Scott Jennings&#8217; accurate assertion that Elon Musk had revealed $8 million in questionable federal spending on transgender mice. The discussion began with David Axelrod accusing Musk of making indiscriminate cuts to federal spending. Jennings responded by questioning the necessity of funding for transgender mice. Jones quickly dismissed this claim as false, leading to a back-and-forth between them about its validity. Despite CNN initially labeling Trump&#8217;s claim as &#8220;false,&#8221; they later revised their article after receiving evidence from the White House confirming it was true. Jennings pointed out this inconsistency during the discussion while Jones passionately defended the $8 million expenditure on transgender mice\u2014an act that only served to further alienate sensible American voters from the anti-Trump establishment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jones-v-Jennings.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13420,38862,42544,33162,37217],"class_list":["post-2411091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fact-check","tag-scott-jennings","tag-transgender-issues","tag-van-jones","tag-viral-moment"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jones-v-Jennings.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411095,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411091\/revisions\/2411095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}