Scott Jennings, one of CNN s go-to conservative commentators, gave an equivocating response on-air Monday night when asked to react to several racist and offensive remarks speakers spewed at a Donald Trump rally in New York City on Sunday.

During a segment on his 360 news panel show, host Anderson Cooper introduced footage of inflammatory moments from the Madison Square Garden rally, including a clip of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe referring to Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage.

Cooper asked Jennings to share his thoughts about the event: You worked in the Bush/Cheney White House, your close ally [is] Sen. Mitch McConnell none of them would come within 100 miles of this stuff. Does it make you sad that this is what a Republican rally sounds like a week before the election?

Yeah, I dont like it. I dont like it one bit, Jennings responded. Im not going to sit here and pretend like its good or helpful. He criticized the rallys hate-filled rhetoric as stupid, a distraction and offensive.

But he then turned the issue on Vice President Kamala Harris , claiming the Democratic nominee also has supporters from the entertainment industry whove said vile and offensive things in the context of politics.

Not all them were at her rallies, but if you look at some of the lyrics and other production that theyve done, it is terrible, violent and offensive, he said. So if were all going to professionally faint tonight, I would just say lets maybe do it on both sides of the line, he continued, before Cooper interjected.

Was that introducing her at a rally? the CNN host asked.

I said, its not all been done, its not all been done at any of her events, Jennings said.

Right, but has it been done at any of her events? Cooper pressed.

Some of her people, that are her most ardent supporters, have said things about women and domestic violence, and the treatment of women and other issues, that are truly beyond the pale, Jennings charged. I do think when youre in the entertainment industry, you get edgy, and this is what you get when you put them at a political rally.

Jennings did not name the Harris supporters he was referring to, nor did he specify what violent and offensive lyrics or remarks hed meant.