CNN contributor Scott Jennings explained Donald Trump’s victory to a panel of hosts as they sat in silence. He talked about the president-elect not just clinching the electoral college, but also potentially winning the popular vote, a first for any Republican candidate since 2004.
“This is a big deal. This isn’t backing into the office,” Jennings told the CNN panel.
“This is a mandate to do what you said you were going to do. Get the economy working again for regular working-class Americans. Fix immigration. Try to get crime under control. Try to reduce the chaos in the world. This is a mandate from the American people to do that. I think I’m interpreting the results tonight as the revenge of just a regular old working-class American,” he continued.
Revenge of the average, everyday working class American. My reaction to Trump’s crushing victory on @cnn
