Jake Tapper Makes the Most Jake Tapper Face EVER After Scott Jennings Lays WASTE to Dems in Midterms

Sam J. | 10:05 AM on October 05, 2026

Scott Jennings brought a shovel to CNN to mock the very people who have spent years digging.

Sitting across from Jake Tapper, the Republican strategist boiled the midterm argument down to a single image: the same crowd that left voters in a deep cost-of-living hole is now asking for the tools back.

Or worse yet, to help them to keep digging.

He noted that Republicans have legislation to point to, while Democrats only have one thing ... BUT TRUMP. TRUMP BAD. REEEEE TRUMP.

Watch Tapper's face. It's our favorite part.

This is one of the most important messages that Republican voters need to hear. Scott Jennings just laid it out on the CNN panel — right in front of Jake Tapper — and used a shovel analogy to drive it home. His point was brutally simple: the people who dug the hole are now asking voters to hand them the shovels again. JENNINGS: “I mean, I think it’s pretty simple. If I were running a campaign right now, I’d say the people who dug a very deep hole are making you one promise: Go back to the shovels.” “And I wouldn’t let them do it.” “I think the Republicans have great points to make. I think they’ve passed legislation. I’ve not heard a single Democrat campaign argue what bill or policy they would change!” “They want to go back to the way they were doing it, and most of the cost of living in this country that people are mad about, came under Democrats.” That shovel line is brutal but brilliant. They dug the hole. Now they want the shovels back.
— Overton (@overton_news) October 4, 2026

Yup.

Democrats dug the hole you are mad about. The only thing they are promising is a return to the shovels. Or worse. My Sunday @CNN take https://t.co/XhwOjS49Dw
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) October 5, 2026