CNN political commentator Van Jones echoes the concerns of parents distraught over the election results.praised conservatives for their support of criminal justice reform during a panel discussion at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Thursday.
"The conservative movement in this country, unfortunately from my point of view, is now the leader on this issue of reform," Jones said. He pointed to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and Secretary of Energy and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as Republicans who were able to"cut the prison population and crime at the same time."
"What you’re seeing now is Republican governors being tough on the dollars. Tough on crime and shrinking the prison population," he said. "This is supposed to be my issue!" Jones exclaimed."You are stealing my issue!" he told the cheering conservative crowd. "I'm going to stay in my party," he told the audience as some of them indicated he should come over to their side."But take some dadgum credit for being smart. Take some dadgum credit for getting it right."Jones' comments at CPAC drew criticism from progressives on social media with some accusing him of being a"sell-out."
This is cooning 2020 upgraded version!!!
Team TDS out in full force.
Good news from Newt Gingrich & Van Jones a strong effective pair who worked two years getting this done The current mish mash of this & that hard to sift through Thx for the update
Not a VJ fan at all. I am a fan of the truth. The liberals in this case can’t even be happy when one of their (claimed) objectives is being met? It’s not about doing the right things for the right reasons for so many, it’s about a perceived win. Pity.
He has proven me correct about him. Didn't like watching him.
GOP plan is mass disenfranchisement of blacks and POC which will result in dismay and hopelessness and increase in crime so that millions will be locked up in shiny new state prison industry prisons. Voila! White supremacy lives!
Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Look up, look up And see you maker For Gabriel blows his horn I get weary toting such a load Traveling down that lonesome road Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on.
As Fred Sanford might say about Van: “BIG DUMMY!”
It’s a GOP trap Van. Only applies to federal prisons which hold small number of nations inmates. States building more prisons for racist institutions to fill, and GOP actively suppressing blacks and POC civil rights so they are powerless to do anything about it. Road to prison.
Poor Jones, he’s lost. Just lost.
While continuing to police, bate and jail poor communities differently
Someone’s looking for a job at Fox News
Bs they just shoot and kill and save their money instead of taking them to jail. What he smiling for ain’t shit changed. They shot a man 25 times in the drive thru and didn’t even give him a chance to raise his hands. bs ♠️
And who is this Van Jones?
Wow. There's a special place in hell...
They want to save money on prison costs and send thugs back into the hood to commit more murders and cut down on Black population.
Who's Van Jones?
You lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas
Now that cellphones outnumber police officers 300-to-1 in America, we can abolish police patrols. We can change the law to limit cops’ power of arrest to 9|11 phone call complaints
Switch VanJones68 ... why did Yukon want to stay in the kkk party
VanJones68 will never recover from his actions over the last 2 years. But at least he got some photos with Kim K