2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWow! 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!!!
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)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.
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)I'm still in too much pleasant shock to speak!
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)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.
Truth always seems so easy when you hear it!
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)kinda glad Van didn't come down to that. Full scale rioting will only turn Trump into some kinda perverse fuckin martyr.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)I'll be watching CNN when he is on from now on!
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)Van's it tonight!
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)Epic discussion on Trump. And so accurate!
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)I've been watching cable news since the beginning, and this is the best response to a racist idiot I've ever seen!