Scott Jennings among analysts ripping farce of Biden farewell speech: I remain astonished

Scott Jennings was among many analysts outraged by President Joe Biden’s farewell address Wednesday night, saying he was “astonished” at the “farce” of the oldest-ever president claiming he could’ve won reelection.The CNN analyst, who worked in the George W.Bush administration, was mystified to see the president take a victory lap about his administration’s accomplishments despite the octogenarian’s record-low popularity.“When I watch this tonight, I remain astonished that he, his family and other people around him thought he could ever run for another term,” the pundit told the panel on Anderson Cooper 360.

“There’s no way he could serve another six months, much less another four years.“The fact that they pursued that farce for as long as they did, to me, remains one of the most astonishing things about this term,” he added.Biden initially ran for a second term but dropped out of the race after facing pressure from fellow Democrats over his disastrous debate performance against President-elect Donald Trump in June.He later endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who was handed a crushing loss from Trump in November.The 82-year-old invoked his family during the address as First Lady Jill Biden and son Hunter Biden watched from feet away.“To me, family is everything,” Biden said.Jennings, 47, described Biden’s final days in office as “pretty terrible” arguing the 46th president will “only be remembered for a few things.”“Politically it’s mostly for when he was vice president, he and Obama sorta ushering in the Trump era initially,” Jennings said.“And as he is leaving office as president, bringing back Trump and Trumpism.”Jennings claimed Trumpism was “stronger and more popular than ever” because of Biden’s tumultuous four years in office.The pundit also called out the Democratic Party for Biden’s failures saying the party should have had no issues of winning the presidential election but there was no “int...