You can add CNN’s Abby Phillip to the list of Democrats twisting themselves in pretzels to remove Renee Good’s responsibility for her own shooting death at the hands of an ICE agent responding in self-defense. Democrats have again shifted the goalposts and are now arguing that an assumed 'lack of intent' somehow absolves Good of almost running down a federal officer with her SUV. Republican commentator Scott Jennings was having none of it on Saturday’s NewsNight.
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BOOM! Scott Jennings NUKES Abby Phillip trying to downplay the anti-ICE terror attack in MN
"Don't you think she was trying to escape?!"
SCOTT: "ESCAPE?! I'm sorry, but 'she was scared so she tried to 'escape' by running over a federal officer' is NOT an explanation I'm willing to accept!"
"She hit the accelerator looking DEAD AHEAD!"
"She showed up there with the intent to impede active federal law enforcement activities. She put herself in a position with a car in which she made a bad decision that caused the officer to believe his life was in imminent danger. THAT IS NOT IN DISPUTE."
Jennings has the patience of a saint while dealing with Phillip’s ridiculous ‘intent’ argument. (WATCH)
🚨 BOOM! Scott Jennings NUKES Abby Phillip trying to downplay the anti-ICE terror attack in MN
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 11, 2026
"Don't you think she was trying to escape?!"
SCOTT: "ESCAPE?! I'm sorry, but 'she was scared so she tried to 'escape' by running over a federal officer' is NOT an explanation I'm… pic.twitter.com/G5IA8lJ2qG
“Maybe she was just attempting to flee” 😅
— GoHeelsNC1979 (@NotGarbage79) January 11, 2026
They use "escape" like it was a legal option for her, it was not. She was given a lawful command to exit her vehicle and the act of fleeing from them is a felony itself.
— SpudmanWP (@SpudmanWP) January 11, 2026
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It’s amazing how Democrats keep pushing this foolish and dishonest notion that defying federal authorities is okay.
Commenters explain that there’s no ‘fleeing’ exception when being detained by authorities.
'Trying to escape' ?
— The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) January 11, 2026
She was being detained by federal law enforcement officers.
That's not called 'escaping', that's called 'evading arrest'. And she tried to run over the guy in the process.
She was about to be detained until she put the car in drive and hit the gas pedal That is, escape detention.
— FalseEquivalence (@BrasilBurnett) January 11, 2026
She stared right at the federal agent.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 11, 2026
This case is CLOSED.
Grinning at him, too, as she hit the gas. Thank God that man had the presence of mind to record this. pic.twitter.com/wFHTZpgrti
— The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) January 11, 2026
The video will likely save him from a prison sentence if the shooting goes to court.
Posters agree with Jennings that Good’s intent is immaterial.
The mental gymnastics these deranged liberals go through is awe inspiring
— Bitcoin Geezer (@BitcoinGeezer) January 11, 2026
Her intent would have mattered for her criminal trial if she had survived her crimes. But she didn't. From the perspective of the officer's self-defense they are irrelevant.
— Steve (@StephenH2OMan) January 11, 2026
Does Abby think the ICE Agent went there with the intent to shoot Renee Good?
— logicallydumb (@logicallydumbb) January 11, 2026
No
Scott as usual is spot on; intent is irrelevant
She made AWFUL decisions that day
She used her SUV as a weapon, hit a federal agent & caused him to defend himself
Had she not she’s at home today
Good chose to interfere with federal agents and suffered the deadly consequences brought about by her own actions. Democrats are desperate to latch on to anything they hope will remove her responsibility for what happened. Sorry Democrats, it's all on her.