{"id":2515896,"date":"2025-11-30T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-jennings-delivers-perfect-retort-when-asked-about-fbi-investigating-dems-who-told-military-to-ignore-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:20:09","slug":"scott-jennings-delivers-perfect-retort-when-asked-about-fbi-investigating-dems-who-told-military-to-ignore-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-jennings-delivers-perfect-retort-when-asked-about-fbi-investigating-dems-who-told-military-to-ignore-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Jennings Delivers Perfect Retort When Asked About FBI Investigating Dems Who Told Military to Ignore Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fscott-jennings-delivers-perfect-retort-when-asked-about-fbi-investigating-dems-who-told-military-to-ignore-trump%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=2515896&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>Republican strategist Scott Jennings criticized a CNN anchor&#8217;s questioning regarding whether the FBI should investigate six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse orders from President Donald Trump, labeling such actions as irresponsible.The Pentagon has launched an inquiry into Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona after he joined others in releasing a video encouraging troops to reject &#8220;illegal&#8221; commands from Trump. Jennings emphasized that the key issue is the Democrats&#8217; attempt to create a narrative that the president intended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-general-confirms-trump-never-issued-an-illegal-order-following-2020-election\/\" title=\"General confirms: ... never gave ... after 2020 election.\">issue illegal orders<\/a>, which has angered many Republicans. While some Republicans cautiously consider the law enforcement aspect, most are upset by what they see as an irresponsible political move by the Democrats. Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin, involved in the video, admitted she could not point to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseth-torches-sen-mark-kelly-after-spotting-a-problem-with-his-uniform\/\" title=\"Pete Hegseth Torches Sen. ... After Spotting a Problem with His Uniform\">specific illegal orders<\/a> from Trump to justify thier stance. Meanwhile, War Secretary Pete Hegseth condemned the Democrats in the video as &#8220;seditious&#8221; adn reminded that Kelly, a retired Navy commander, remains subject to military law.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Scott Jennings shut down a CNN anchor&rsquo;s line of questioning in a discussion over whether the FBI should investigate the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to disregard President Donald Trump&rsquo;s authority.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon opened an inquiry into Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday after he joined five other lawmakers in a video telling U.S. troops they could refuse &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; orders from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>During a panel discussion on &ldquo;The Arena,&rdquo; Jennings said the real issue isn&rsquo;t the inquiry &mdash; it&rsquo;s that sitting members of Congress pushed a narrative suggesting the commander-in-chief was prepared to issue illegal orders.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats who are in power and there are Republicans who are making political videos, right? Are they going to use the FBI to investigate them too, right?&rdquo; host Kasie Hunt asked Jennings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Plenty of Republicans are outraged about this. This video was clearly designed to try to create a narrative among the American people that the president had been or was about to give illegal orders. And it appears to me that it all has to do with what he&rsquo;s doing with Venezuela,&rdquo; Jennings said. &ldquo;That seems to be what they&rsquo;re mad about, although they did ask Elissa Slotkin on TV, and she cited a Hollywood movie to rationalize or justify what she had done. I don&rsquo;t know what the truth is about these interviews, and I don&rsquo;t know if they&rsquo;ll ever be compelled to do it or not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Jennings said Republicans are furious that Democrats produced a video suggesting the commander-in-chief was prepared to issue illegal military orders.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do know whether Republicans are circumspect about the law enforcement angle here. Most Republicans I know are pretty darn angry that Democrats made an irresponsible public statement trying to tell the American people that the commander-in-chief had been or was giving, about to give, an illegal order,&rdquo; Jennings said.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings cut through the debate by saying that some Republicans remain cautious about the law enforcement angle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some Republicans have been circumspect about that. Others that I&rsquo;ve heard say if there&rsquo;s something here, it ought to be looked into. I&rsquo;m going to give you the political analysis, which is most Republicans that I&rsquo;ve heard from on this and hear about on it are very, very angry that these Democrats did something this irresponsible,&rdquo; Jennings said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; JUST IN: Scott Jennings STUNS CNN host who is worried the FBI and Pentagon investigating Six Seditious Democrats who demanded rebellion from the military is a &lsquo;SLIPPERY SLOPE&rsquo; toward &lsquo;weaponization&rsquo; &#128580;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;An administration &ndash; investigating members of Congress&hellip;are you&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6yD0FzhWy\">pic.twitter.com\/d6yD0FzhWy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1993436878477889778?\">November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who helped release the video, said Sunday that she could not cite a single illegal order from the Trump administration to justify urging disobedience. War Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteHegseth\/status\/1993008532187148582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">labeled<\/a> the Democrats in the video the &ldquo;seditious six&rdquo; in a Monday post on X and said Kelly, as a retired Navy commander, is still subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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