Conservative commentator Scott Jennings received swift backlash online after he went on a tirade about a so-called “woke mob” during a CNN panel discussion about Caitlin Clark and her recent comments about white privilege.
During an appearance on “NewsNight with Abby Phillip” last week, Jennings complained about Clark saying she recognized her privilege as a white person in the WNBA — a league where the majority of players are Black.
The Indiana Fever star, who was named Time magazine’s 2024 Athlete of the Year, told the publication in an interview published last week that she thinks it’s important to highlight the fact that the league was essentially built on Black athletes.
“I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege,” Clark said during a discussion about her stardom and brand opportunities. “A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been Black players. This league has kind of been built on them.”
“The more we can elevate Black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing,” she added.
In his subsequent comments on “NewsNight,” Jennings discounted the past efforts and historic accomplishments of Black WNBA players, as well as efforts to boost investment in women’s sports, by pointing out the league’s financial woes.
“What did they build? A league that loses money every year?” he quipped.
Phillip, the host, later expressed puzzlement that it should be “controversial” for Clark to acknowledge the role Black women have played in growing the WNBA.
“Why are people attacking her for that? I don’t understand,” Phillip said.
“I think they’re just disappointed that she appears to have been captured by the woke mob,” Jennings responded. “And here’s the disappointment: I feel a little bad for her, because she’s going to learn that it will never be enough.”
“No matter how much of the phrasing, no matter how much of the groveling you do, it will never be enough for the people in that league that hate her guts,” he continued.
“Why do you assume that she is trying to pander?” Phillip asked.
“Because I hear the language. It’s the language of the pandering,” he said. (Watch the exchange below.)
Jennings’ remarks garnered wide backlash on X, the former Twitter. One person wondered why Jennings thinks he “knows more about the WNBA than a woman who is playing in the…
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