CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings got into a heated discussion over WNBA breakout star — and TIME Magazine’s Athlete of the Year — Caitlin Clark with several other panelists on the Abby Phillip-hosted “CNN NewsNight.”
Jennings agreed with a number of conservatives who were disappointed to see Clark effectively “apologize” for her “white privilege,” and said that she had earned the accolade on the merits and people should say so.
“Caitlin Clark is the best thing to happen to the WNBA, and it’s sad that her co-workers hate her for it,” Jennings captioned the video clip he shared via X. “She’ll learn a tough lesson — no matter how much you say ‘my truth’ and apologize for your ‘white privilege,’ it will never be enough for the woke mob.”
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Caitlin Clark is the best thing to happen to the WNBA, and it’s sad that her co-workers hate her for it. She’ll learn a tough lesson – no matter how much you say “my truth” and apologize for your “white privilege,” it will never be enough for the woke mob. We debate on @cnn! pic.twitter.com/qCbJ5Qx6p1
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) December 13, 2024
Cari Champion sparked the exchanged, asking why Clark was being “bullied” for admitting to her “white privilege” and conceding that black women had “built” the WNBA.
“Why is she being bullied for acknowledging something that’s smart, truth, and factual?” Champion asked.
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“Well … A couple things. Number one, whether you’re an athlete or, you know, anyone else, if I hear you use the phrase ‘my truth,’ I immediately then discount everything else you say. Because there isn’t ‘my truth’ or ‘your truth,’ there’s just the truth,” Jennings said, and Champion immediately objected, talking over him as he continued, “And that tells me that your brain has been captured by something that I don’t really respect.”
“That’s not true. That’s not true,” Champion repeated, several times, but Jennings pressed onward.
“Number two, the attention the league got this year was amazing, and it was all because of her. She is an amazing player,” Jennings continued, arguing that while the WNBA had existed without Caitlin Clark, it had consistently lost millions of dollars — and she had made the league marketable in a way that it never had been before.
Champion continued to argue that despite losing money the league still existed because of the black women who kept playing — and Jennings pointed out that it might actually have more to do with the investors, who were apparently willing to keep putting money into the league despite losses, who were keeping the business afloat.
Still, Jennings came back to Clark and pointed out the fact that her apparent bending of the knee may not have the desired results.
“Here’s the disappointment,” he concluded. “I feel a little bad for her, because she’s gonna learn that it will never be enough no matter how much of the phrasing, no matter how much of the groveling you do, it will never be enough for the people in that league that hate her guts, it will never satisfy them.”
