Whoops: CNN Panelist Triggered By Trump's White House Tesla Event Walks Into Trap Of Her Own Making

Posted • March 13, 2025: On Tuesday, President Donald Trump made a public show of support for Elon Musk by having Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, help him pick out one of the several Tesla vehicles that were parked at the White House for purchase. On Wednesday during a tense exchange on CNN anchor Kasie Hunt's show "The Arena," former Biden Dept. of Justice director of public affairs Xochitl Hinojosa told GOP strategist Scott Jennings that she thought the Trump Tesla event was a terrible public relations move for the White House because, in her view, it failed to show support for the American worker and instead put a billionaire on a pedestal. As one might imagine, that argument did not go over well at all with Jennings, who pointed out a couple of inconvenient facts, with one being that Elon Musk was creating a lot of jobs and two, that he was employing American workers: Whoops!

After some back and forth among the panelists - all of who were unsuccessfully trying to knock down Jennings' argument - an incredulous Jennings remarked, "I’ve never seen Democrats so excited to tear down an American company or companies the way they are right now. It’s crazy.” Yeah, the lady talking about a Trump messaging fail might want to take a look in the mirror and at her own party, methinks. (…)

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