Scott Jennings reacting to naming Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff:
“Oh, great pick. I think what was said in the statement is absolutely true. She’s universally respected in the party. The organization of the campaign and the fact that he stuck with the leadership team all the way through, I think, is a testament to just what a great job that she did. Being the first female chief of staff in the White House, I think is a huge marker for both President Trump and the Republican Party, so, I think — I think if — if she can bring the kind of discipline and organization to the White House that she just ran this campaign with, Donald Trump has got a really good chance to get off to a great start and begin achieving objectives right out the way, so you’re going to get a lot of — you’re going to get a lot of atta boys across the Republican spectrum for picking Susie Wiles tonight.”

CNN’s Scott Jennings: “I think working-class Americans did flow towards Donald Trump, but I think if Democrats are dedicated to continually dividing this country up by race all the time — I think one of the things I’m taking away from this, this was a repudiation of identity politics, and when you look at the huge flows of Hispanics towards Donald Trump, when you look at black men moving towards Donald Trump, they said we’ve had enough. We’re — we’re tired of being singled out for our race. We would rather be singled out because we are Americans who have real concerns, and we want to talk to you, American to American, not because we are in some racial group. I think it’s a total rejection of Democrats would be wise to learn that because the Republicans certainly have.”

CNN’s Scott Jennings: “Well, I think it is specific to [Kamala Harris], because she was part of the administration for the last four years, and that was really her campaign’s major problem. She could not, would not ever separate herself from Joe Biden. I mean, he had a 40 percent or less approval rating for most of his term. She was right there with him. She got a little bump when she got the nomination, but the results of it and how people felt about the job they were doing never really changed, and I think you pointed out the two most important issues: the economy and immigration. And she was asked repeatedly in the month of October, what would you have done differently? What would you do next? And she really, you know, offered no introspection about the mistake that they made, when everyone knew they had made them. So, I’m — I’m with you, I’m tracking your analysis, and I think Trump, you know, he ran, you know, for all — for all the ways that he was covered and for all the — you know, all the outrage, the daily average machine around it, he basically was on the economy and immigration. Yes, there were other things, but those were the two things that delivered, in my opinion.”

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First female chief of staff in the White House, Susie Wiles; Dems identity politics, by race