Conservative CNN pundit Scott Jennings accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) of using the civil unrest that has broken out in portions of Los Angeles to score political points and build momentum for a presidential run.

"It‘s amazing to me. First of all, this guy is the governor of a state and it is — got one of its most important cities burning on his watch, and he‘s out here launching a presidential campaign," Jennings said Tuesday on CNN's air.

Newsom, Jennings argued, "governs a failed state."

"And he sits, I guess, at the........

© The Hill