Name: Adam DEBATES Scott Jennings
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Adam DEBATES Scott Jennings' from TAFS Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2026-01-17. Transcript available.

SNL, it was the worst decision they ever made when they got rid of Daryl Hammond,
who was
objectively the best Trump.
You know he's a wild man.
I've met him.
I know him.
Yeah, yeah.
He's great.
He's one of the funniest SNL.
He had a crazy life.
He's had a crazy life, and you talk to him about Trump sometime.
He really studied how to do that, and he had one of the greatest quotes about
Trump.
He said, "He's a genius empath."
And I thought, "Man, this guy really did kind of study how to be Trump."
When SNL canned him from that, that was stupid.
Do you think Trump would have been like 90% approval rating if they got Daniel
Day-Lewis
to play him on SNL?
You think it's because Baldwin did bad?
I think Baldwin played it ... I think he did not do a great impersonation, A. B,
he played
it mean.
Hammond played it funny.
Yeah.
Baldwin played it mean.
Do you think Trump is bullied too much?
Bullied?
By the media and by ... yeah.
Yeah.
Well, it's hard to bully Trump.
He's kind of an alpha, but I do think they're mean to him.
Yeah.
They're mean to him.
But I think they were mean to Bush.
I think they're mean to ... If you're a Republican at that level, they're mean
to him.
Does it hurt his feelings?
Hurt his feelings?
Yeah.
Trump.
I don't know.
Probably not.
He's the president.
I mean, mental health is serious.
We can't risk a president having a mental health crisis.
Yeah.
We've never had that before.
Yeah, yeah.
I mean ...
In recent memory.
I mean ... yeah.
I want to do an exercise real quick.
Okay.
You're a debater, right?
Yes.
You have a craft, right?
When you're on Abby Phillips' show, you kill them.
I mean, you're not going to admit it because you're a humble man, but you crush
them.
You crush them.
We have a good show.
But you crush everyone else.
You're really good at that show.
It's a great show.
I love watching that show, and you're the star.
Do you consider yourself the star?
You won't do it.
False modesty.
Abby's the star.
No, come on.
Abby's our leader.
But you cook them.
Well, she lets me sit there and debate.
Abby throws you the assist, John Sockton style.
Abby ... I mean, what we're doing is ... there's no other cable show that has
debates.
Yeah.
Every other cable show is six people sitting around ...
I'm going on next month.
You're coming?
Yeah.
Okay.
That's great.
Why do you laugh at me like this?
I think it's great.
Because I'm a minor leaguer?
I mean ...
Oh, well, I'll see you on the battlefield, my friend.
They told me ...
You don't even know what I'm going to do to you.
They told me they were having trouble booking people.
I get it now.
So rude.
That's rude.
Just because you did the Iraq war, you think you're going to ...
Oh ...
All right.
I want to do a debate.
You're an empath.
Do you believe in empathy?
Yes.
So sometimes you've got to put yourself in the other person's shoes.
So we're going to do an exercise where you take the opposite side of what you
would typically
do, just to kind of, as an exercise, display how good you are at debating.
Okay?
So the first topic, LeBron James should shut up and dribble.
I want you to take the no, and I'm going to take the yes.
So go ahead.
I should take the side that LeBron James should ...
Should not shut up and ...
Should not shut up.
Yeah.
And you should keep talking.
Yeah, yeah.
And stop dribbling.
A, you could put yourself in the other person's ...
Yeah.
... Lucchese boots, a bottom in Austin when I was doing the ...
Shut up, dude.
What do you think?
They're nice.
Because you're doing ostrich, and I'm doing, what, calf?
Uh ...
Yeah, that looks leather.
I mean ...
What are you judging my boots for?
Can you break it down for me?
I just wasn't ... I was surprised to see you wearing them.
I like them.
Because I'm a good old boy.
Both of us are.
Well, you go to the black hole with the Cowboys.
I don't go to the ... First of all, stop it with the black hole.
LeBron James should be able to give his opinion.
This guy is an American.
He has free speech rights.
Oh, you need to go again, Scott.
He's a civil rights leader.
He is an inspiration to people.
What the hell?
And when you denigrate this man by just saying he's nothing more than a
basketball player,
you take away his agency.
You take away his humanity.
And frankly, what you're doing right now is nothing short of racist.
Oh, come on, Scott.
LeBron James is one of the most famous basketball ...
Did you not hear me call you a racist?
Listen.
That's how you end debates.
Okay.
Get ready for maximum pain.
It's over.
It's already over.
LeBron James is one of the most famous basketball players in America today.
But beyond that, he's a role model to kids.
And since the beginning of 2025, we've seen over 1,200 deaths from talking
while dribbling.
LeBron James is obviously good enough to dribble a basketball and say a
sentence.
But he insists on doing crossovers while being loud at the same time.
It begs the question, why is he doing it?
If you study the cases, all but one of the people who have died were white.
It begs the question, does LeBron James want all white children to die?
I yield the floor to my esteemed colleague from the steam room at Equinox
locker room,
West Village.
Okay.
Next debate.
I beat you.
Next debate.
So, okay.
Trans women are women.
You have to say that they are, and I'm going to say they're not.
I have to say that they are?
Yeah, yeah.
You take the opposite side.
Show how good of a debater you are.
Okay.
Let's see here.
Well, this is a tough one, but let me get in.
Go ahead, dude.
You're the best in the biz, dude.
Show us how good you are.
Look, here's the bottom line.
I'm not going to let someone else determine what I am on the inside.
Only I know what I am on the inside.
What are you?
What am I?
Yeah.
I'm someone who understands and believes that trans women are women.
Are women.
Uh-huh.
And it would be completely irresponsible for me to go out and try to make them
into something that they're not.
Wow.
Who in their right mind would try to make someone into something that they're
not?
That sounds like what a crazy person would do.
Okay.
Huh?
Listen, I know trans women.
I've met trans women, and I'm not afraid to say it.
Trans women are not women.
For instance, trans women tell stories that actually make sense and that go
somewhere.
Trans women are way smarter.
They also are incredible drivers.
If you're saying that trans women aren't women, then why do they earn $1 for
every $1 that men earn?
Okay?
Okay.
Last one.
Let's do the last one.
Okay.
Say your take is that the Epstein files should be released.
My take is that they should not.
Okay.
Yeah.
I have to release the Epstein files.
You want to release the Epstein files.
Yeah.
Well, it's pretty obvious that a lot of rich, famous, powerful people got away
with terrible
things.
Why shouldn't we shine a light on their terrible behavior and expose this cabal
of the powerful
for what they are?
Pedos and absolute sick people who need to be punished.
Okay.
There you go.
That's a tough one for you too.
Okay.
Okay.
Here you go again, Scott.
Let me get this out of the way.
Jeffrey Epstein is a monster.
Okay?
He's a sex trafficker.
He's a pedophile.
I don't like Jeffrey Epstein before you try to pull a fast one on me.
You're getting ready to do the thing where you say but.
But.
The Epstein files should not be released.
Recently, it came to my attention that Jeffrey Epstein is also a Jewish person,
and so am
I.
And in the current political climate of anti-Semitism, we can't risk the anti-Semitism
that would ensue
people to know that Jeffrey Epstein was a bad guy.
So, for that sake.
Okay.
Yeah.
So, effectively, you're arguing that releasing the files would jeopardize our
national security.
Well, any time a Jewish person does anything bad, I get nervous.
Like Steve Bartman.
Remember that?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
My dad and I looked at each other and we were like, "Oh, God, don't be Jewish."
Yeah.
And he was.
There you go.
Do you remember how Jewishly Moises Alou was going for the fly ball?
I remember.
Yeah.
He sort of ruined baseball for several years.
And then my dad and I literally looked at each other and we're like, "Please
don't
be us.
Please."
Okay.
So, let's get into, like, what you're asked about constantly.
I don't want to dwell on it.
But, like, in 2016 you wrote an op-ed and said that.
Nine years ago.
Nine years ago.
Back when frickin' you were a hippie.
You said Trump was an authoritarian.
And then they say, this is what they say about you.
Then you called him an old man with nothing to do from Florida after January 6th.
You called him Florida man.
What is Florida man?
People say it all the time.
I thought it'd say you're like addicted to pills.
Nah.
Or it means you're an old Jew?
It's some describer of some kind of behavior.
Okay.
I don't quite get it.
Kind of you get hit on the thing that you were, like, the guy on CNN that was,
like,
Trump's being a bad president.
Or, after January 6th, you're like...
I did not like that.
You didn't like Jan 6th and you kind of, like, were critical of Trump.
You were, like, a Republican who was critical of Trump.
And then kind of what people label your turn as is a heel turn.
Kind of in a...
No, no.
In, like, a professional wrestling context.
Sure.
What motivated your evolution, I'd say?
Well, first of all, I voted for Trump three times.
Yeah.
And I voted Republican my entire life.
So it's not really all that unusual for me to be supporting Republicans.
But I think, you know, if you look back on all my years at CNN, you know,
sometimes Trump
does things I don't like, and I've said that on the air.
A lot of times he does things I like very much, and I've said that on the air.
So, you know, I think there's a class of Republican out there that hates Trump
so much
that they want everybody to not just turn against Trump, but turn against their
own party
and vote Democrat forever and ever.
And I just fundamentally disagree with that.
Yeah.
You know, we're in a fight for the future of Western civilization.
You want me to go out here and vote for Kamala Harris to save conservatism?
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life.
Kamala Harris to save conservatism.
That's what their argument was in 2024.
Well, does Dick do that?
Your boy, Dick Cheney.
He did not.
He supported his daughter.
Not a surprise.
He did it for his daughter.
That's what I think.
Yeah, yeah.
The boys from the White House when you were there, they haven't been very vocally
supportive
of Trump.
Some haven't.
Some have.
I mean, and that's fine.
Is George a fan or no?
Of Trump?
Yeah.
I don't know.
I wouldn't want to speak for it.
I don't think so, but I don't know.
It sounds like a no.
I mean, it seems like...
By the way, it's fine.
I don't care who you support.
I'm not saying it's bad or good.
I'm just asking.
But the people who get so upset about, you know, I could be critical of Trump
one day
and then, okay, now we're having an election.
What's the best choice for the future of the country?
It was a no-brainer for me.
I'm not saying Kamala's better.
That's what they were saying.
I mean, you had all these people that have been out of shape with me all the
time,
are mad that I didn't vote for Kamala Harris.
It's the stupidest reason to be mad.
People are saying you should have voted for Kamala Harris?
Their argument was that all Republicans should have voted.
The rhinos are saying that.
No.
To be a rhino, you'd have to be a Republican.
And they're not even Republicans anymore.
They've left the party.
Yeah.
And they want all Republicans to join them in voting Democrat forever and ever.
I don't understand it.
Yeah, yeah.