Scottie Nell Hughes

Scottie Nell Hughes is a journalist and political commentator. She is best known for being a paid CNN commentator[1] during the 2016 presidential election, often speaking in support of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Hughes got into a heated discussion with commentator Ana Navarro over the 2005 tape of Donald Trump making comments about assaulting women.[2]

Career

Hughes began her career as an executive producer on the Steve Gill Show in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] With an established radio career, she went on to take positions with the Rusty Humphries Show, The Michael Berry Show, The Mark Skoda Show and many others. She also was in the first group of radio talk show hosts sent by the Department of Defense to travel to the frontlines of Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Kuwait as well as the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.[4] Scottie Nell currently serves as a political commentator for CNN and serves as Political Editor at RightAlerts.com. She serves as a columnist for TownHall.com, TownHallFinance.com, and ChristianPost.com. Her interviews as a commentator have been featured on Drudge Report, Breitbart, The Blaze, World Net Daily, and The Daily Caller.

Personal life

Hughes is married to Chris Hughes and has two children, Houston and Alexandria Lynn.

Hughes's brother Cliff was killed eight years before she was born. He was shot to death by his nanny's 12-year-old son while the nanny watched him at her home.[5]

Education

Hughes received a broadcast communications/political science degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin.[4]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Scottie Nell Hughes Announces New Gig at CNN in Most Ostentatious Way Possible". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. ↑ Ana Navarro: Everything you said is '50 shades of crazy' - CNN Video, retrieved 2016-10-25
  3. ↑ "BIO". Scottie Hughes. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "BIO". Scottie Hughes. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  5. ↑ "Donald Trump stumper Scottie Nell Hughes' family tragedy". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
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