He left the Democratic Party for a Trump endorsement, now watch Vernon Jones storm out of GOP event

[AZProgressive]

Former Georgia state representative Vernon Jones went from being a moderate Democrat to a MAGA-loving Republican seemingly overnight; he even announced his change of parties on Jan. 6, 2021. Yes, the same day that the world was presented with a sight-and-sound exhibition of MAGA fascism and a failed coup d’etat of the U.S. government. A couple of months later, Jones made a new announcement: He would be running in the GOP primary as a challenger to Georgia’s governor Brian Kemp.

Jones' career has long been a hot mess—including rape allegations, accusations of bullying, as well as campaign contribution violations. This led to Jones jumping ship on his gubernatorial run and turning his attention toward becoming the next representative from District 10, an area of Georgia in which he does not live.

But Jones has one thing going for him: his open adoration of Donald Trump. In fact, Jones has tried to brand himself the “Black Donald Trump.” The political calculation seems to be that, with his spotty past, his one chance at gaining power is to act as the tip of the spear for Trump’s GOP in Georgia. And if he can ride Trump’s popularity in District 10, an area that Trump carried with 74% of the vote in 2020, he might win. Shortly after turning his attention away from the GOP gubernatorial race, Donald Trump gave one of his patented poorly lit video-taped endorsements for Jones.

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On Saturday night, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein reported that Mr. Jones was super unhappy emoji face about what he called GOP “poli-tricks.” The tricks were, according to Jones, a last-minute switcheroo of speaking positions between himself and GOP candidate for District 10, Mike Collins, at a Jackson County event. Mikey Collins, you might remember, is the Washington “outsider” whose dad, Mac Collins, was in Georgia’s Senate and a Georgia’s Congressperson for about 16 years. He’s the silly-billy who released a campaign video over the summer in which he exploded—with an assault rifle—a pile of papers that read “Nancy Pelosi’s Plan for America,” and another bearing the term “RINO.”

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/7/2084439/-Trump-endorsed-House-candidate-storms-out-of-GOP-event-accusing-fellow-Republicans-of-poli-tricks

[Shrike47]

1. We don't want him back, really truly.

[Rebl2]

7. 👆👆👆

[Karadeniz]

2. Puhleez... Stay in the GOP !

[wnylib]

3. He's found his true political home.

Let him stay there.

[brush]

4. Vernon Jones seems to have bad timing on his big moves.

Switching from Dem to repug on Jan. 6 was bad but how was he to know what would kick off that say.

He does know now though that trump has praised and call Putin a genius, a genius? A genius who has proven himself to be cruel invader bombing and killing hundreds of civilians because his army wasn't able to take over an innocent neignbor fast enough for him.

Jones wanted trump's endorsement and got but it really doesn't matter now as trump's political career, tied to a cruel invader, is over, and so probably is Vernon Jones'.

Bad timing again.

[Skittles]

5. LOL

the poor guy is being mistreated by the repukes he covets?

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Political opportunists have always existed.

They come in all shapes and sizes, colors, and gender. It's all about the Benjamins.