<p>CNN Republican commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/scott-jennings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scott Jennings</a> got into a brief dust-up with guest host Audie Cornish on Tuesday, after she implied that her compassion for Jordan Neely was rooted in her Christianity rather than her political beliefs.</p>
<p>The conversation came about in reaction to Monday&#8217;s not guilty verdict in the New York-based case against Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny, who subdued a violent and threatening Neely using a choke hold. Though Neely was alive when police first arrived on the scene, he later died, and Penny was charged in relation to his death.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">GOP strategist <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> didn&#39;t hold back when Audie Cornish invoked religion to call Jordan Neely a victim. <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZCOC7QuBot">pic.twitter.com/ZCOC7QuBot</a></p>
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<p>The discussion began with guest Geraldo Rivera, who argued that the case against Penny had been political from the start.</p>
<p>Cornish interrupted him, asking what he would say &#8220;to the parents of a victim who dies in this circumstance,&#8221; suggesting that Neely — who, by multiple accounts, had been threatening other subway passengers and behaving erratically before Penny and at least one other passenger stepped in to stop him.</p>
<p>&#8220;You keep referring to Neely as the victim,&#8221; Jennings said then, adding, &#8220;I think Penny is the victim in this case, and I think the people on the train are the victims.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;I have a tendency to call the people who die a victim,&#8221; Cornish interjected. &#8220;We have different ideas about that. But to my mind, someone lost a child and I&#8217;m always going to feel for that person — that&#8217;s just how I&#8217;m built, it&#8217;s like a Christian thing. But the reason why I&#8217;m asking —&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Are you saying I&#8217;m not a Christian?&#8221; Jennings pushed back. &#8220;Is that your assertion?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not at all,&#8221; Cornish back-pedaled. &#8220;I just want to make sure that you understand it&#8217;s a values-based comment, not a political one.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jennings pushed back again: &#8220;Are you saying I don&#8217;t have any values?&#8221;</p>
<p>The rest of the panel jumped in to defend Cornish, telling Jennings that was not what she meant.</p>
<p>&#8220;He needs a clip for the internet,&#8221; Cornish claimed, turning to smile directly at the camera.</p>
<p>Rivera rounded out the discussion, noting that it was important to remember that everyone has family, but that Neely being someone&#8217;s son did not make him an innocent in the situation at hand.</p>

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