Scott Jennings
Los Angeles Times
Louisville, KY, United States
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Opinion: Baseball's new pitch clock is the best thing since sliced bread
To a baseball purist, the idea of timing pitchers and batters was anathema at first. Then I went to spring training. → Read More
Op-Ed: Independents may not like Biden, but they abhor Trump
An unhappy electorate voted Tuesday, according to the exit polls. That means independents should have punished the party in power. They didn't. → Read More
10 Republicans voted to impeach Trump. Will any be left in Congress after November?
Liz Cheney will be next Republican facing a primary after standing up to Trump by voting to impeach him. Will the party be ready to move forward? → Read More
Who will win the White House in 2024? It's clear Americans don't want Trump or Biden.
Voters want nothing to do with a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden for the White House in 2024. What's unclear is if that matters. → Read More
Scott Jennings: Will Beshear's Fancy Farm snub hurt his national ambitions?
Booker has agreed to appear at the political speaking portion of the picnic, and may be the only Democrat on the stage. → Read More
Test scores look grim: What’s to become of kids who have fallen so far behind?
Do we have a plan for kids to catch up and give them a fighting chance at a prosperous future? This may be the most impactful question. → Read More
Why Liz Cheney is toast and Trump rules the House
McCarthy wants to be the next House speaker. That requires placating Republicans who hate Cheney and believe the election was stolen from Trump. → Read More
How the GOP can confront Biden's left-wing presidency (Opinion)
Scott Jennings writes that the early days of his administration, President Joe Biden has moved left at breakneck speed -- a move which is working to unite a fractured Republican party. → Read More
With crazy moves like pausing Johnson & Johnson vaccine, this will be an endless pandemic
How can we expect the COVID-19 pandemic to end if unelected bureaucrats can artificially prolong it with these disastrous decisions? → Read More
Opinion: What Joe Manchin gets exactly right
Scott Jennings writes US Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is exactly what this country needs right now. His steadfast refusal to eliminate the filibuster or to use reconciliation to push a liberal agenda indicates his commitment to the Senate. → Read More
Jennings: Get your vaccine, live your life. But know health advice is just manipulation
Columnist Scott Jennings says people should get their vaccine even though recent public health advice has been about "manipulation" not science. → Read More
Opinion: Joe Biden's filibuster flip-flop is outrageous
Scott Jennings writes that during his first press conference, President Joe Biden contradicted himself on where he stands on the filibuster. While in the past he was the biggest proponent of this US Senate tool, Biden now says it's being abused and has a racist past. → Read More
Biden didn't really tell the 'truth' about his Covid relief bill (opinion)
The stimulus bill that the President touted in his speech to the nation Thursday has little to do with Covid relief, writes Scott Jennings. A $1,400 check won't lift anyone out of poverty, despite slobbering to the contrary; the cold political truth is that the economy is already improving without the bill, but Biden wants to connect that improvement with legislation that will have little to do… → Read More
Trump and his CPAC fans lead GOP down a losing path (Opinion)
Scott Jennings writes that former President Donald Trump stuck to his most successful talking points at his first post-presidency address at the Conservative Political Action Convention -- but given his loss in the 2020 election, this is bad news for the Republican Party. → Read More
Opinion: The GOP needs to screw its head on straight
Scott Jennings writes that the GOP is in danger of losing the country to the left if Republicans can't screw their heads on straight and present a responsible, reasonable governing alternative to the Democrats. → Read More
How do Republicans move forward after Trump? Ditch magical thinking and tell the truth.
Republican leaders have a responsibility to tell the truth: The election was won by Joe Biden, fair and square. And they should consider who has lied. → Read More
Mitch McConnell's dilemma (opinion)
Republicans are grappling with what to do about Trump, and the disturbing new landscape in which political violence and rule breaking are tolerated, writes Scott Jennings. 'But it exists as part of our reality, so we must deal honestly with it. The second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump will be the first true reckoning on the question of what our political class intends to do about it.' → Read More
Op-Ed: Trump's lock on the GOP has ended. Now what?
The Republican Party — my party — can no longer tolerate a leader who operates so clearly outside the bounds of democratic norms. → Read More
Opinion: Trump caused this insurrection and every Republican must condemn it
Scott Jennings writes President Donald Trump caused this insurrection with his lies and conspiracy theories about the election process being rigged against him -- and every Republican must condemn it immediately. → Read More
The biggest political fight is happening right now: Beshear vs. Fauci (and everyone else)
The most consequential political fight is Gov. Andy Beshear vs. Dr. Anthony Fauci, over whether schools should be open during the coronavirus pandemic → Read More