Scott Jennings grills CNN host over tolerance of non-citizen voters in wake of NJ scandal

Conservative pundit Scott Jennings grilled CNN host Abby Phillip over the New Jersey voter registration scandal, questioning how much “tolerance” the journo has for fraud after she dismissed arguments it was evidence of a broader problem.During CNN’s “NewsNight with Abby Phillip” Tuesday, the host discussed New Jersey Gov.Mikie Sherill’s announcement that more than 6,000 immigrants were wrongly added to the Garden State’s voter rolls, with around 400 non-citizens casting ballots in elections since 2023.“This is obviously not a great situation, she [Sherill] acknowledged that, but it also doesn’t demonstrate that there’s widespread voter fraud in New Jersey or anywhere,” Phillip said.Jesse Arm, head of external affairs at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank in New York City, jumped in, pressing: “In New Jersey? 6,600 non-citizens made it onto the voter rolls.

That, to me, is pretty widespread voter fraud.”“That’s widespread?” Phillip asked.“Do you know what’s the percentage?”The news anchor noted that those 6,600 non-citizens would represent 0.006% of registered voters in the state and that only roughly 400 cast ballots in elections. Sherill won her gubernatorial election by half a million votes, so even if all 400 non-citizens voted for her, it would represent about 1/100th of all votes cast in a state with 6.8 million registered voters, Phillip added.As Arm repeatedly stuck by his initial claim that the scandal was proof of widespread voter fraud, Phillip pressed: “What’s your definition of widespread, by the way? Is it 1%? Is it 2%?”Jennings jumped into the debate, asking Phillip: “What’s your tolerance for this?”“Hold on, this is not about tolerance, this is about is it widespread or is it something that is relatively rare, Scott,” Phillip replied.Jennings responded: “You’re pounding him over the word widespread.

I just would ask you, what is your tolerance for any fraud at all?”Phillip...