'Scott thinks he won': Ex-colleague shames CNN conservative Jennings for embracing Trump

Echoing the biblical admonition, "...what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" longtime campaign consultant Stuart Stevens brutally shamed conservative adviser Scott Jennings for doing Donald Trump's dirty work at his CNN job.

On the day after the election that saw Trump defeat Vice President Kamala Harris, Jennings used his perch on CNN to lash out at "Never-Trump" conservatives, accusing them of cashing in on the widespread hatred of the convicted felon ex-president.

In response, Stevens took to X to point out that he, along with other founders of the anti-Trump "Lincoln Project," have the courage of their convictions unlike Jennings, whom he wrote lacks "honor and dignity."

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He started by noting that the two have worked together before Trump came along.

Beginning, "I don't understand him and he probably doesn't understand me," he added that they previously were colleagues working for "Bush43. That's Bush who won on 'restoring honor and decency in the White House.' He does not support Donald Trump. We both worked for Mitt Romney who, agree or disagree with his politics, is a good and decent man. He does not support Donald Trump."

Adding that Jennings is closely tied to former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) whose wife, former Trump administration official Elaine Chao, was the recipient of racist slurs from the former president.

"As a Republican consultant, supporting the leader of your party will always be the easiest, most expedient path. But I can't support that man. I'm not wired that way. I don't see how, if you believed that honor and dignity matter, if you believe character counts, if you have respect for the men you worked with, including your mentor's wife, how do you embrace Donald Trump?" he asked in the post tagged to Jennings.

Ticking off the reasons for his disgust with Trump, Stevens returned to Jennings and wrote, "I see failure in politics as not standing for the values you support. I'd rather lose an election with a candidate I respect than win with a horrible human being without character. Scott thinks he won. He's a Trump guy. Trump won. I think the price of victory was too high."

You can read his entire post here.