Patriot Brief
Scott Jennings exposed a vague conspiracy theory with one simple, devastating question.
Tezlyn Figaro’s speculation collapsed when she couldn’t explain her own claim.
Susie Wiles’ interview raised real concerns, but not for the reasons suggested on CNN.
Watching Scott Jennings operate on CNN is often like watching someone attempt to impose basic logic in a room that actively resists it. This exchange was a textbook case. Tezlyn Figaro floated a dramatic, half-baked conspiracy — that Susie Wiles had been “asked to take the fall” — without the slightest idea what that actually meant.
When Jennings calmly asked the most elementary follow-up question imaginable, the entire theory disintegrated on live television.
That moment mattered because it exposed a larger problem with cable news discourse. Too often, speculation is rewarded more than substance, and confident delivery substitutes for actual thinking. Jennings didn’t need a monologue or a partisan rant. He just needed one question. And when the answer was “I don’t know,” the audience learned everything it needed to know about the credibility of the claim.
To be fair, Figaro later brushed up against the real issue: Susie Wiles is an experienced political operator who should have known better than to make careless remarks in a high-profile interview. That’s the legitimate debate. Instead of addressing that, CNN allowed the conversation to drift into unserious theatrics. Jennings, once again, was left cleaning up the mess.
From Western Journal:
Poor Scott Jennings must struggle to refrain from pulling his hair out nightly on CNN.
On Tuesday, for instance, the network’s resident conservative had to deal with a communications “expert” who apparently cannot communicate.
In a clip posted to the social media platform X, Jennings used a single question to expose the silliness of leftist podcaster Tezlyn Figaro, founder of the Tezlyn Figaro Communications Group, who offered an outlandish explanation for why White House chief of staff Susie Wiles gave an ill-advised interview to Vanity Fair, which the outlet published on Tuesday morning.
“Somebody asked her to take the fall,” Figaro speculated during a panel discussion on “CNN NewsNight.” “I mean, just being honest, somebody needed to come at — I know I’m being a conspiracy theorist.”
Jennings, with a furrowed brow, posed the obvious question.
“Take the fall for what?” he asked.
“Whatever. I don’t know,” the communications “expert” replied.
Figaro kept talking, but Jennings could not hide his amusement.
“‘Take the fall.’ For what? ‘I don’t know,'” the conservative commentator joked, mocking Figaro’s absurd suggestion while throwing up his hands in frustration.
Tezlyn Figaro: “Somebody asked [Susie Wiles] to take the fall. I mean, just being honest, somebody needed to come at — I know I’m being a conspiracy theorist.”
Scott Jennings: “Take the fall for what?”
Tezlyn Figaro: “Whatever. I don’t know.”
Scott Jennings: Laughs “Take… pic.twitter.com/Vx5joYwl2Y
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) December 17, 2025
In fairness, Figaro proceeded to make a reasonable observation. Wiles, she said, has too much experience not to have done certain things deliberately during that interview.
The chief of staff, for instance, implied that X owner Elon Musk, formerly the head of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has a drug problem. Wiles also called Vice President J.D. Vance “sort of” a political opportunist and a “conspiracy theorist.”
After the interview’s publication, Wiles accused Vanity Fair of concocting a “hit piece” and excluding crucial context.
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