Anderson Cooper Laughs at GOP Strategist’s Kamala Harris Criticism: ‘Your Candidate Has Done That His Entire Career’

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper laughed at CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings’ “hollow” criticism of Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday after Jennings argued Harris was running on a platform of “vote for me to find out” what she would do.

Reacting on CNN to Wednesday’s speeches at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Jennings protested, “Nobody tonight said anything. Nobody tonight said a damn thing. They want you to vote for a ticket based on absolutely no concrete idea about what they would do once they get in office.”

Jennings – who previously served as an assistant to former President George W. Bush – continued, “Tonight you did hear people say, ‘Well, we may not agree with him on everything, but at least it will be joyful as they tax us into oblivion.’ I think the idea that you could run an entire presidential campaign based on the idea of, ‘Vote for me to find out what’s in it,’ ought to terrify every American.”

Cooper burst into laughter, before interrupting, “Wait a minute. Scott, Scott, Scott. Your candidate has done that his entire political career. I mean, Donald Trump does not talk about any policy issue.”

“Sure, he does,” insisted Jennings, to which Cooper replied, “Oh yeah, he’s gonna lower inflation– He’s gonna eliminate inflation, excuse me, on day one. He’s gonna take away Obamacare on day one. I mean, I understand your argument, but given the candidate who you are backing, it rings a little hollow because there is no flesh on the bone of anything he talks about.”

Jennings shot back, “First of all, I’m the only person here who doesn’t sign up to work for candidates, okay? Like, I work for CNN, I’m here to analyze the news. That’s number one. Number two, I think what they are telegraphing to the American people is, ‘We know if we told you what we were gonna do, it would be monumentally unpopular.'”

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