Overview
- During a CNN NewsNight segment on U.S. actions related to Iran, Keith Boykin linked long-term foreign-policy consequences to factors he said contributed to 9/11.
- Scott Jennings challenged the remarks on-air, calling the idea that the United States 'had it coming' 'insane' and pressing whether Boykin was blaming the country.
- Boykin denied blaming the United States and told Jennings not to put words in his mouth, saying his point was about unintended consequences of interventions.
- Jennings later posted a clip of the exchange on social media, labeling it a 'Democrat talking point' and calling it 'disgusting.'
- Conservative and media outlets circulated the confrontation as a partisan flashpoint connected to ongoing U.S.-Israeli operations known as Operation Epic Fury, which President Trump announced on Feb. 28.