[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  The Vigilant Fox 🦊 [@VigilantFox](/creator/twitter/VigilantFox) on x 1.9M followers Created: 2025-07-09 23:21:49 UTC Scott Jennings didn’t wait for introductions before lighting a fuse on CNN’s panel. He went directly after Senator Thom Tillis, dismissing his criticism of the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill as not just wrong, but politically clueless. “I think he's wrong,” Jennings said without blinking. “And most—virtually every Republican thinks he's wrong.” His argument was clear: this was no time for Republicans to apologize for enforcing work requirements or limiting benefits to people in the country illegally. “There's nothing politically devastating about trying to bar XXX million illegal aliens from getting welfare,” he explained. “There's nothing politically devastating about encouraging XXX million people....who choose not to work....to try to work a little in order to get government benefits.” He reminded the panel that the bill wasn’t just about cuts. It also included a $XX billion fund for rural hospitals, something Tillis himself had raised as a concern. Jennings laid it out clearly: the GOP had delivered, and they shouldn’t act ashamed of it. “So I don't agree with his political analysis, nor does virtually every other Republican who helped to craft and ultimately pass this bill,” he said. “And I think Republicans ought to lean into these things: work requirements are good. Encouraging work instead of welfare is a good thing and it will work in campaigns.”  XXXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1943088230804627600)
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The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox on x 1.9M followers
Created: 2025-07-09 23:21:49 UTC
Scott Jennings didn’t wait for introductions before lighting a fuse on CNN’s panel.
He went directly after Senator Thom Tillis, dismissing his criticism of the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill as not just wrong, but politically clueless.
“I think he's wrong,” Jennings said without blinking.
“And most—virtually every Republican thinks he's wrong.”
His argument was clear: this was no time for Republicans to apologize for enforcing work requirements or limiting benefits to people in the country illegally.
“There's nothing politically devastating about trying to bar XXX million illegal aliens from getting welfare,” he explained.
“There's nothing politically devastating about encouraging XXX million people....who choose not to work....to try to work a little in order to get government benefits.”
He reminded the panel that the bill wasn’t just about cuts. It also included a $XX billion fund for rural hospitals, something Tillis himself had raised as a concern.
Jennings laid it out clearly: the GOP had delivered, and they shouldn’t act ashamed of it.
“So I don't agree with his political analysis, nor does virtually every other Republican who helped to craft and ultimately pass this bill,” he said.
“And I think Republicans ought to lean into these things: work requirements are good. Encouraging work instead of welfare is a good thing and it will work in campaigns.”
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