Tensions seemed to flare a tad on CNN on Tuesday evening between Bakari Sellers and Scott Jennings, two of the panelists on “NewsNight.”
Or maybe they were just goofing around.
The moment hit as the panel debated Trump’s threat to arrest Zohran Mamdani, a member of the New York state Assembly running for New York City mayor, if he refuses to assist federal immigration agents should he win.
“Listen, comrade,” Jennings said, placing a hand on Sellers’ shoulder. “It’s an important city.”
“Can you not touch me?” Sellers said, his voice rising. “Can you not touch me?”
Jennings laughed it off, and Sellers smiled, so it’s possible the moment was intended to be light rather than tense.
“I was waiting on that,” Sellers said. “I was waiting on that!”
That was a reference to a similar moment in December, but with the roles reversed as Sellers put his hand on Jennings’ back while he spoke.
Jennings wasn’t having it.
“Don’t touch me!” he said.
“I can‘t touch you now?” Sellers said, laughing, while Jennings kept a straight face and crossed his arms.
“Keep your hands to yourselves at the table,” host Abby Phillip admonished.
Running gag, or sign of tension? As of late Tuesday, neither had addressed it on social media ― but Sellers did retweet the videos without comment.
Jennings, who worked in President George W. Bush’s White House, serves as CNN’s in-house apologist for President Donald Trump. Sellers, a Democrat and former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, is one of the network’s progressive commentators.
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