CNN Guest Pours Salt In The Wound After AP News Is Booted From Oval Office: ‘Doesn’t Live In Reality’

Few voices invited to appear on CNN offer any support for the decisions of President Donald Trump or his administration.

One notable exception, however, is Scott Jennings, a Republican who frequently serves as a panelist on the left-leaning cable news network.

He recently engaged in an on-air debate regarding the White House’s decision to eject the Associated Press from the Oval Office due to its insistence on referring to the Gulf of America by its former name despite its official change.

As the Daily Caller reported:

CNN host Abby Phillip jumped to the AP’s defense, stating that the outlet should be allowed to continue calling the body of water the Gulf of Mexico. Jennings then questioned whether the AP is participating in political activism over journalism for refusing to call the gulf by its new proper name.

“Why would I respect a news organization that doesn’t live in reality?” Jennings pushed back, receiving pushback from the other panelists.

“Donald Trump picked a fight with the news organization,” Phillip claimed. “The news organization can do whatever they want, if they want to call it the Gulf of South America, they can call it that. But Scott, they can call it whatever they want because there’s free speech in this country, wouldn’t you agree?”

“Yes, but that, in my opinion if you’re not willing to call something by the proper name based on the laws of the United States, that calls into question your judgement and are you a news organization?” Jennings replied.

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Here are some other recent clips of Jennings’ pushing back against CNN’s prevailing narrative:

Can we take a moment to applaud and appreciate @ScottJenningsKY and his appearances on CNN!
Enjoy this clip of Scott just destroying Van Jones to the point he asks to leave…TWICE.
Can’t believe CNN didn’t stop bringing you on Months ago 😂 pic.twitter.com/yL13xjX3oe

— Clyp Keeper (@DGrayTexas45) November 11, 2024

Scott Jennings is right, the Catholic Church is being hypocritical.

If Pope Francis wants to criticize Trump's wall, he should take his own Vatican walls down first! pic.twitter.com/BOX545GU4P

— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) February 13, 2025

CNN meltdown after Scott Jennings asks: A judge can cover up fraud, but the President of the United States can’t stop it? 🤔🔥

The panic is real! Jennings hit a nerve, and now CNN is spiraling. Apparently, an unelected judge can sweep fraud under the rug, but if a sitting… pic.twitter.com/5zsa75bNIT

— TheWakeninq2 (@wakeninq2) February 11, 2025

AP News has reported on its involvement in the ongoing story:

Trump has decreed that the international body of water — which borders Mexico, the United States and other nations — be called the Gulf of America. In its influential Stylebook, the AP said it would continue to use Gulf of Mexico, while also noting Trump’s decision, to ensure that names of geographical features are recognizable around the world.

The White House’s outright attempt at regulating language used by independent media — and the punitive measures attached to it — mark a sharp escalation in Trump’s often fraught dealings with news organizations.

At a regular briefing Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that “it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, and I’m not sure why news outlets don’t want to call it that.”

Here’s a clip of Jennings’ remarks about AP News: