CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings said Sunday on State of the Union that President Donald Trump is the driving force behind the Democratic
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CNNseniorpoliticalcommentatorScottJenningssaidSundayonStateoftheUnionthatPresidentDonaldTrumpisthedrivingforcebehindtheDemocraticParty.
Theremarkscameduringapaneldiscussionontheparty’sfuturedirection.Democratshavestruggledsince2024tounitebehindasingleleaderorconsistentmessage,thoughmanycontinuetoprojectconfidenceabouttheirchancesofregaininglostgroundwithvoters.
FormerDemocraticNationalCommitteespokespersonXochitlHinojosadownplayedspeculationthatsocialistNewYorkCitymayoralnomineeZohranMamdanicouldriseastheparty’sstandard-bearer.
SheinsteadpointedtofiguressuchasArizonaSen.RubenGallegoandNewJerseySen.CoryBookeraspotentialleaders.
AshostJakeTapperhighlightedBooker’srecentengagement,JenningsinterruptedtoarguethatDemocratsarestillbeingdefinedbyTrump’spresenceinpolitics.
“Well,Imean,fortheforeseeablefuture,thepersonwho’srunningtheDemocraticPartyno
