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Jennings questions Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend

Right-wing commentator Scott Jennings said he was unsure whether President Trump’s proposal to give American adults $5,000 if Republicans win this year’s midterm elections was the right approach. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Jennings said he believed growth was the better idea and referred to growth as something the country has.

Right-wing commentator Scott Jennings expressed uncertainty about President Trump’s proposal to give American adults $5,000 if Republicans win this year’s midterm elections.

“I don’t know that that is the right idea here,” Jennings told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on The Source, according to The Hill.

Jennings said the preferred approach was growth, adding that the country has growth.

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