In yet another display of the left's blind hatred for President Trump, a CNN panel discussion descended into chaos when liberal commentators couldn't back up their wild claims about constitutional violations. The embarrassing exchange, which aired on CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip on Wednesday, exposed how Democrats love screaming "constitutional crisis" without understanding what they're actually saying.
During a segment about Trump and Elon Musk's comments on federal workers, liberal commentator Touré launched into a hysterical rant claiming Trump is “shredding the constitution.”
“I'd like to hear more about that," Jennings began. "But that it seems to me that you all both believe that the unelected part of our government, the bureaucracy, has a responsibility to resist the political leadership. Is that your view?"
"Not at all," Touré insisted.
Jennings challenged their position directly. “How is Trump shredding the Constitution?” he asked.
Rather than providing a clear answer, co-panelist Alencia Johnson reacted with exasperation. “My God—” she began before Touré jumped in with a condescending remark designed to suggest the answer was so obvious.
“Seriously? Do we have to give you a civics lesson?” Touré scoffed, though he failed to offer any examples. “I don’t know that we have — that we’ve put all power in the executive branch. The legislative branch, the FBI, now we’re in control of the military, we’re silencing media. This is what you do in a dictatorship.”
Jennings calmly cut through the hysteria, pointing out the obvious. “Are you suggesting that the president is not the commander-in-chief of the military?”
Touré, doubling down on his vague doomsday scenario, insisted that Trump would appoint someone who would “contravene the Constitution.” When pressed for details, he dodged again. “At some near point, this conversation will look very silly for you because it would be obvious. And right now, you’re gaslighting. When we get to the actual rubber on the road, it will be clear.”
Jennings didn’t let up. “He’s going to put someone in charge who will contravene the — but who? What do you mean by that? The president is in charge of the military. Is he not? You said he’s going to put someone in charge of the military?”
At that point, CNN host Abby Phillip had to step in and state the obvious. “I mean, the president is in charge of the military. That is how it works.”
Despite all their alarmist rhetoric, neither Johnson nor Touré could explain what Trump had done to “shred the Constitution.” Instead, they resorted to emotional outbursts and vague accusations — crying foul over basic facts of how government functions and getting it wrong. Meanwhile, Jennings exposed their argument for what it was: an incoherent and panicked reaction, completely untethered from reality.
This is classic leftism in action. The left has perfected a strategy of making outrageous claims to stoke fear and outrage, counting on its audience's emotional reaction to override critical thinking. It doesn't need evidence – just apocalyptic rhetoric and a compliant media ecosystem to amplify it.
You’ve noticed the pattern, right? Liberals are constantly predicting future disasters that never materialize. They've been claiming that Trump will destroy democracy since 2016. Eight years later, we're still holding elections, still debating policy, and still enjoying our constitutional rights.
This empty posturing isn't an anomaly; it's the left's standard operating procedure. From "Trump is a Russian agent" to "Trump will never leave office peacefully" to “Trump will cut Social Security and Medicare,” liberals consistently make assertions they can't substantiate, hoping that the sheer volume and intensity of their accusations will convince Americans that where there's smoke, there must be fire.
"I don't think he has done anything in the first month that is outside the bounds of the power vested in him by the Constitution," Jennings correctly noted. “He was elected president. We, according to the Constitution, vest all executive authority in a president. And the concept that the military should be an independent agency or that the bureaucracy should resist the political leadership of this government is extraordinarily dangerous.”
I spend most of my time repeating back to liberals their own words and ideas, only to have them - seconds later - deny ever saying them. It’s truly astonishing. This convo on @cnn 👀 pic.twitter.com/xVNSPOFbBN
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) February 27, 2025
What liberals truly fear isn't constitutional violations — it's that Trump is exercising his legitimate authority to dismantle their bureaucratic power structure. The unelected administrative state has become their shadow government, and they're terrified of losing control of it.
This embarrassing display perfectly illustrates how the political left operates. They don't understand what they're protesting. They don't grasp basic constitutional principles. They simply oppose anything Trump does and frantically search for the most apocalyptic language to describe it.
Next time liberals want to cry "dictatorship" and "constitutional crisis," maybe they should take a basic civics course first. Their empty accusations might sound good in their liberal bubble, but they fall apart under the slightest scrutiny — just like they did on CNN.
