Scott Jennings
Role at the time: CNN senior political commentator
Condemned
Statement summary
Jennings says Republican objections to the ad are warnings, not whining, and describes concern about its defensibility and strategy.
“This issue of whining, I took some issue with that today because I don't see people whining about this. I think they are warning about this. There's a heck of a lot of Republicans in Ohio, and elsewhere, who would love to see a Republican get elected governor of Ohio, who do not believe that this is a defensible ad, nor do they believe it's a good strategy. So, whether you take it from the moral view or you take it just from the political strategy view, there's a lot of concern. That's not whining. That's warning.”