NCS host Abby Phillip on Sunday known as out the community’s Republican pundit Scott Jennings as he tried to defend Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s launch of a new reality series on YouTube.
Duffy, a former MTV actuality star, just lately dropped a trailer for a five-part, highway trip-style collection along with his household that’s sponsored by corporations overseen and controlled by his division. He has confronted criticism over the promo for the journey that he mentioned was filmed “over the course of seven months,” given his time as secretary has been rocked by soaring gas prices and severalhigh-profile aviation accidents.
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Jennings justified the collection’ existence by arguing it will “promote American tourism” and the “great” components of the nation. Phillip then tossed to a clip of the GOP pundit becoming a member of a choir of right-wing critics who slammed Duffy’s predecessor, Pete Buttigieg, for taking paternity leave in 2021.
“Frankly, you ought to know that [being transportation secretary] goes with some personal sacrifice,” Jennings mentioned within the NCS clip on the time.
As Jennings scrambled to defend his take, Phillip jumped again in.
“Somebody was hit by an airplane on a tarmac in America,” Phillip mentioned, referring to an individual struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines aircraft at Denver International Airport on Friday.
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“By the way, they filmed this months ago — he didn’t film it yesterday and put it out today,” replied Jennings.
“It’s OK to acknowledge when you were wrong and when it was not OK —,” the NCS host mentioned.
“What do you mean? What was I wrong about?” Jennings requested.
Watch extra of the trade within the “NCS NewsNight” clip beneath.
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