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JoeOtterbein

(7,700 posts)
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 11:42 PM Mar 2016

Wow! Van Jones on CNN just now about Trump!

I'm so glad I got tired of MSNBC and their phony election music and pro-Hillary talk, that I decided to watch CNN. Van Jones just took down the Trump shrill Jeffery Lord like the old dirty rag he is on Trump's obvious racism. I'm still in AWE!!!

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Wow! Van Jones on CNN just now about Trump! (Original Post) JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 OP
I saw it. Van Jones was epic CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #1
Thanks for expanding! JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 #2
Did you see it? CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #6
Yes! JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 #7
Riley Freeman had something poignant to say about the throwing of chairs but VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #11
I'm in love with Van Jones!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2016 #3
Van is SO COOL! JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 #10
Van's the man! NWCorona Mar 2016 #4
Yea Man! JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 #9
I watch CNN now. aaaaaa5a Mar 2016 #5
Epic is it! JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 #8

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
1. I saw it. Van Jones was epic
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 11:47 PM
Mar 2016

It was very moving and emotional to watch Jones stand up to Lord.

He totally made an incredible point--that Trump denounces terrorism with such fervor and passion; but when it came to to denouncing the KKK--he was lukewarm.

I was moved by how Jones was grace under fire, and I was so disgusted that it's 2016 and we're still fighting these issues.

Lord also tried to obfuscate by saying that the KKK is a Democratic organization with its roots in the Democratic party. As Jones kept saying...who cares, let's talk about now.

Van Jones....heaps of respect and awe for this man.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
6. Did you see it?
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 11:57 PM
Mar 2016

I'm still feeling a bit swooney!

He was so calm and so measured. My heart rate had to be through the roof!

I just kept thinking, "Throw a chair at him Van! Throw a chair!" Lord was so nauseating, but Jones kept it together and made such honest, authentic and intelligent points.

Such a beautiful thing.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
11. Riley Freeman had something poignant to say about the throwing of chairs but
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:15 AM
Mar 2016

kinda glad Van didn't come down to that. Full scale rioting will only turn Trump into some kinda perverse fuckin martyr.

JoeOtterbein

(7,700 posts)
8. Epic is it!
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:03 AM
Mar 2016

I've been watching cable news since the beginning, and this is the best response to a racist idiot I've ever seen!

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