Van Jones blames Hillary supporters.

[BlueLucy]

Van Jones on CNN:

"It’s not the racist person in the KKK that we have to worry about.

It’s the white, liberal Hillary Clinton supporter walking her dog in central park"

Link to tweet

[Laelth]

1. Spooky.

This one, little message captures the core of the dilemma that we face as a society.

I have no answer.



-Laelth

[comradebillyboy]

74. It has been clear for more than four years that Van Jones

hated Hillary and boosted Bernie. He still hasn't forgiven Hillary for beating sanders in 2016. In the interim he found occasion to praise Donald Trump. I've had a low opinion of Van Jones for a long time now. He is an even worse example of shoddy both sides journalism than Chuck Toad or Andrea Mitchell.

[DURHAM D]

2. Wasn't the woman in the park Canadian? nt

[brooklynite]

18. No.

She has an FEC record of contributions to Democratic candidates.

[DURHAM D]

22. Contributions do not mean she is not a foreign national. nt

Edit: She is from Ontario.

[Orangepeel]

25. you do have to be a US citizen to donate to a federal campaign

but I don't know that the Amy Cooper in the park was the Amy Cooper who donated to democrats. I wouldn't be surprised either way.

[DURHAM D]

29. I don't think small online contributors have actually being

chased down since 2008.

[pnwmom]

41. If that's the case, what's your point? That she MIGHT have been a Democrat, based on no evidence? n/

[MrsCoffee]

26. Weren't those contributions from someone with a different middle initial?

There is no proof of what you claim.

https://www.truthorfiction.com/amy-cooper-donations-barack-obama-pete-buttigieg-john-kerry/

[tblue37]

27. That was Amy L. Cooper. The Central Park woman is a Canadian named Any M. Cooper. nt

[MrsCoffee]

28. Yep.

The Independent article some folks jumped on was misleading at best.

[smirkymonkey]

56. And apparently Amy L. Cooper is listed as "retired", so they clearly

are not the same person.

[scarletwoman]

36. I'm pretty sure this has been debunked. I saw a DU post yesterday that explained it was the wrong

name (wrong middle initial) that was turned up as a Democratic Party contributor - it was not the Central Park woman.

I tried to find the post, but could not, sorry. However, it made a compelling case.

[LanternWaste]

48. Ironic that you've often lectured others for misidentifying strangers.

But I get it... it's easier to hold others to a standard we ourselves fail to meet, it's a rather convenient and dog-eared conceit to carry around in our pockets.

[karynnj]

52. There were some accounts saying she was Canadian and the donations were from other Amy Coopers

[smirkymonkey]

55. She is Canadian and I thought those contributions were from one of the

many other Amy Coopers who live in NYC. I find it hard to believe she would donate generously to Dem candidates and then go off like a psycho on her friend for voting for Obama. There is a lot of misinformation floating around.

[obamanut2012]

21. Yes

[DURHAM D]

24. Thanks. nt

[pnwmom]

32. Different Amy Cooper with a different initial. It's such a common surname

that the victim, Chris Cooper, shares it.

[DURHAM D]

33. Not sure what you are saying.

The woman in the park is from Canada.

[pnwmom]

40. The woman who's reported to give to Democrats is not the Canadian.

There is more than one Amy Cooper. The one in the park isn't old enough to be retired and she has a different initial than another Amy Cooper.

[JenniferJuniper]

3. So the nasty Central Park woman

makes the KKK okay? No worries about them?

Racism is everywhere, but let's not start giving out passes to the usual players.

[walkingman]

4. Wrong - it's the white, conservative, holier-than-thou, Trump supporter we have to worry about.

[dalton99a]

5. Once in while Van Jones crawls out of Trump's ass and gives us a bothsiderism

[mucifer]

6. There are white liberals like that. There is some truth to his statement

[JI7]

8. If anyone else said it I would get what they were saying. But in his case

I see it more as a way to attack Democrats and help Trump .

[mucifer]

10. I think this should not be swept under the carpet and it could ultimately be good that

he is engaging the discussion.

[LanternWaste]

49. Or merely engaging in sanctimony.

The one does not deny the other.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. Bullshit.

It's the white supremacist cops who are doing the killings. Not the Karens. They're awful, too but if Van thinks they're a bigger problem than racist cops, he's out to lunch.

And to be clear: there are plenty of racist assholes who never voted Hillary and have been caught on camera harassing black people.

[rusty fender]

38. This!

That Van Jones statement is full of crap

[qazplm135]

13. As a black man

I'll go ahead and worry about both, so no he doesn't have a point.

[Hortensis]

69. Com'on. Not a fraction enough to negate his massive racist lie.

He could as honestly say that the overwhelming majority of black Democratic Hillary voters are the problem, not the KKK.

[madaboutharry]

7. He made some important points, but that comment was unfortunate.

It was a misplaced comment. I think what he meant to say is that regardless of political views, we as a society have been conditioned to fear black men. I get what he was saying, it just wasn't said very well.

[LAS14]

9. I think he was insightful. The woman he speaks about doesn't scream out...

.... that she's an idiotic fringe person. She holds respected positions and helps make policy. She doesn't even know she's racist.

[sop]

11. I was more worried about that woman lynching her Cocker Spaniel than anything else.

The KKK, on the other hand, has quite a history for that sort of thing. Focus, Van, focus!

[Celerity]

14. link to the video or a transcript please TIA

[BlueLucy]

17. Here is a clip

Link to tweet

[Celerity]

19. thanks for posting!

[beachbumbob]

15. he speaks pure bullshit

[Kid Berwyn]

16. No, it's the undercover cop provocateurs we need worry about.

Black Flag types are leading the looting to great effect.

[UTUSN]

20. No, it's the Van JONES within each of our different home groups we need to worry about.

I was lambasted once by an acolyte of his on the grounds of his being such a saint.

Plus, back when I knew even less about him, when the wingnuts ran him out of the OBAMA administration, I knee-jerked about defending him as a victim of the wingnuts.

[Baltimike]

68. This. Thank you for this. nt

[LizBeth]

23. I can easily turn it on the Sanders Bros with sexism.

[Submariner]

30. Wow, this guy is still on cable TV?

I thought he disappeared after he rejoiced that tele-promopter Trump was truly presidential, or some horseshit like that.

[samsingh]

31. i remember why i can't stand van jones. He also said good things about trump

van jones- way to go - keep trying to divide the left and see if that gets you positive change.

idiot.

[Cha]

43. Van Jones is the one who stupidly claimed..

"this is when trump became president".. paraphrasing. After some speech BLOTUS read from a teleprompter.

[samsingh]

75. i remember that stupid comment

he's not helpful to the left at all.

self serving

[Cha]

76. Van Jones is Not helpful to Reality.

[Dem4Life1102]

34. Sorry but he's not being helpful!

[BannonsLiver]

35. Van is a quite a dope

[Brainfodder]

39. Any one calling out Van Jones for his BS lately?

Not worthy of much comment, he's a pot stirrer, pretty obvious?

He's a talking head, they do this?

[Cha]

42. FO Van Jones.. You Stupid FUCK. Does he even know WTF

he's talking about?

So you want to take on 66 Million of us with LIES? Have at it, Asshole.

[Hekate]

45. Hi Cha. I'm still trying to pick my jaw off the floor...

So thanks for saying this for me.

smdh

[Cha]

47. The Stupid BURNS RED HOT with that one..

As if we don't have enough to deal with.. we get accused by Damn Van Jones of being racist like Amy Cooper.

You're Welcome, Hekate, Mahalo to you💔

[Sogo]

44. Stupid comment, Van Jones....

I'm a white liberal HC supporter, and I was appalled at what that woman in Central Park did to the black man, as well as the way she mis-handled her dog. I'm seriously glad that she's gotten all the blow-back that she has!

Further, as a white liberal HC supporter, I would have never behaved like she did.

[ehrnst]

46. FFS...

[mfcorey1]

50. Van Jones is useless! He is part of the problem.

[pwb]

51. Second new guy posting this.

Stirring things up?

[skypilot]

53. He has already forgotten Ahmaud Arbery, apparently.

And a lot of other things, including some very recent events.

[GoCubsGo]

54. Is this the same Van Jones who toadies up to Trump on a regular basis?

This white, liberal Hillary Clinton supporter would like him go fuck himself.

[aikoaiko]

57. He's echoing the MLK's Letter from Birmingham about moderates.

Invoking HRC name will of course amplify the issue, but it's still valid.

[BlueLucy]

58. Racism exist in all factions of the left and right

He has deep seeded hatred for Hillary supporters. In Oregon, a Bernie supporter stabbed 2 people to death who were defending Muslim girls from his harassment. No one would say all Bernie supporters are like him. Van Jones said that about Hillary supporters today with his comment about Central Park Karen.

[radius777]

59. Van Jones is a Dem hating alt-left clown

who frequently draws false equivalencies between Dems and Repubs, is sympathetic to Trumpers, etc.

He's basically a black male version of Susan Sarandon.

There is a valid point to be made, to echo MLK's larger point on this topic, that the typical everyday white person (who passively supports a racist system) is as much a danger as the KKK - but Van Jones wasn't really making that point but instead trying to demonize the Hillary/Obama wing to the benefit of the alt-left wing of the party.

[zak247]

60. It's a thoughtless remark

He is trying to say racism is not only from the Klan. Big deal…we already knew that

Also, he assuming the political beliefs of this woman. Maybe she is an of a Klan mentality. She might be a Trump supporter for all he knows.

People assume this lady is some kind of liberal because she is in NY.

He’s using Hillary as a symbol. It’s a thoughtless remark

[BlueLucy]

61. Nope.

He is using this tragedy to score political points with the faction on the left that supports Joe Rogan.

[Steelrolled]

62. Making statements like this is what Van Jones does for a living.

[betsuni]

63. Trying to make "Hillary supporter" mean wealthy-donor-class-out-of-touch-elite-centrist-moderate.

That's so 2016 to call Democrats "Hillary supporters" as an insult.

[Blecht]

64. Idiot

I guess he thought he needed to find his way back into the limelight, so he said something stupid again.

He needs to just go away.

[rockfordfile]

65. I agree

[rockfordfile]

66. Idiot

The same guy supports trump.

[herding cats]

67. Oh, now the busted windows at CNN, Atlanta makes some sense.

Thanks.

[BadGimp]

70. (previous title deleted) I'm too angry to take the time to craft a proper response

Total fucking Troll post imo

It's my opinion that everyone needs to watch the entire video - he makes many clear and intensely powerful points:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/05/29/van-jones-george-floyd-white-liberal-hillary-clinton-supporter-sot-newday.cnn

[RhodeIslandOne]

71. Van Jones is a fucking idiot n/m

[SharonClark]

72. He's a double sexist.

Why didn’t he put the blame on the white men who supported Barack Obama?

Faux News loves him for his bad mouthing of Democrats.

[BGBD]

73. I haven't forgotten

all of the times Van Jones talked about Trump and Kushner like a crushing schoolgirl.

I don't pay much attention to him anymore.