Scott Jennings Fact-Checks Liberal CNN Panelist as She Fails to Realize Trump Ended the Rwanda-Congo War

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CHAMPION: “A foreign minister from Rwanda has told CNN, he said he’s committed to supporting this ongoing negotiation, but warned that ending the conflict will depend on political will and good faith. And he doesn’t know if that is true, referring to the DRC’s government. It’s not done. It’s not done.”
JENNINGS: “You didn’t watch — you didn’t watch the news yesterday. They literally announced it in the Oval Office.”
CHAMPION: “It’s not done.”

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NDUHUNGIREHE: “Thank you very much, Mr. President. This is indeed a historical day because it’s the signing of a peace agreement between Congo and Rwanda to end a conflict that has been going on for 30 years.”
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CHAMPION: “Let me ask you a question.”
JENNINGS: “Literally in the Oval Office Friday afternoon.”
CHAMPION: “Can I say something? You said something earlier, you said, and you kind of agree with Pete when he says there’s something about the media where they feel like they want to disprove Donald Trump. Is that what you said? Something to that effect?”
JENNINGS: “It happens every day.”
CHAMPION: “And you think that’s what they want to do, right? You think the media is going in to say he’s lying and he’s not telling the truth? Do you believe that wholeheartedly?”
JENNINGS: “Correct. That is the standing disposition.”
CHAMPION: “Do you believe that he tells the truth?”
JENNINGS: “Yeah, I do.”
LEON: “Every time?”
CHAMPION: “You think — you think — “
LEON: “You think all presidents do that?”
JENNINGS: “All presidents? No.”
CHAMPION: “You think the president tells the truth, this current president tells the truth often?”
JENNINGS: “Yeah, I do.”
CHAMPION: “OK, I also think that to our point that we haven’t established, he does announce things before it’s too soon.”
JENNINGS: “They literally had the countries in there.”
CHAMPION: “The program is — “
JENNINGS: “I feel like you should watch the news before you come out here.”
CHAMPION: “I feel like you should stop trying to defend him just to defend him.”

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