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Scott Jennings Teaches David Hogg Some
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Posted By: Hazymac, 4/16/2026 9:40:30 AM

We're not sure why CNN tapped David Hogg to appear on a program to discuss Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, but they did. Unfortunately for Hogg, Scott Jennings was also on the panel, and Jennings was ready to teach the Harvard graduate a thing or two about debate and foreign policy. (X) "Anybody with an elementary school understanding of foreign policy could have told you that the Strait of Hormuz was going to get shut down," Hogg said. "That is exactly what happened." "And who controls it right now?" Jennings asked. Instead of answering the question, Hogg deflected. "Why are gas prices so high then?" "Why were they high during Biden's administration?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: red1066 4/16/2026 10:09:00 AM (No. 2093339)
I'm asking the same question about gas prices. If, as we're told, that the U.S. is self-sufficient with its oil production, and we don't even use oil from the Middle East, why are gas prices so high here? The price of oil on the world market shouldn't affect gas prices here. I guess the phony oil crisis back in the 70's that caused gas prices to more than double and caused everyone to sit in line for gas while refineries ran out of space to store all the oil, was a marketing tool that the oil companies never forgot.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 4/16/2026 10:19:52 AM (No. 2093348)
"What Hogg lacks in foreign policy chops he makes up for in unearned self-confidence." He is a "celebrity" and has the same ego problem that all celebrities have. In fact, most Leftist politicians are celebrities as well and all they bring to the table is their egos. This should be obvious after the Bidet administration showed that it was incompetent to accomplish anything. They can posture and pose and talk. They cannot do things because their thinking is dysfunctional. They get elected because their voters have the same problem. They vote for the glitz.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: lakerman1 4/16/2026 10:55:56 AM (No. 2093358)
at the risk of sounding immodest, I remind you people that I hold an earned (not a Jill sh^t bucket) Ph.D. from the number one school in the world, with a triple major Political Science, Public Administration Business administration - and I am always one step behind DJT on these matters. (The number 2 school in my field? Harvard.)
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