I have to address this tweet from Van. Just got off the phone with him....https://twitter.com/VanJones68/status/1062852237779554304 …
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1. The tweet is horrible. Period. I told him that. He already knew it, of course. It would not have been wrong to say that he's glad to see the legislation get closer to becoming a reality, but to me, and others, calling Donald Trump the "uniter-in-chief" is very disturbing.
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2. I work with hundreds of families of incarcerated men & women. I get 5-10 letters a day from people who are locked up and desperately need help. We don't have the luxury of telling them to wait until a Democrat or progressive is elected. Even that might not work.
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3. When I saw Van starting to work with Trump & Kushner & others to get criminal justice reform passed, I called him months ago, and told him I just couldn't do it, but agreed that somebody needed to do it, because the reforms truly cannot wait. For many it is truly life & death.
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4. Half of our states have Republican governors & Senators & Attorney Generals. Many of us who do criminal justice work in those states are forced to sometimes meet & work with people that we don't like to fight for the people we love. It's genuinely hard.
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5. I said all of that to say that while I am grateful for people who are willing and able to walk into compromised spaces w/ genuinely evil people to negotiate on behalf of the oppressed, they must do so knowing they are playing with snakes and vipers. Trump is a not a uniter.
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6. In the end, I won't be throwing
@VanJones68 away. I regret his words, and believe they were problematic. He made a mistake. Ultimately, I will use my energy to get back into the fight for serious criminal justice reforms. I'd give this new bill a C-/D+. It needs real work.Show this thread
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When I heard
@VanJones68 was interviewing Jared Kushner I knew something was wrong. Now this news. Van is in the sunken place. - End of conversation
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He is someone who rides both sides and I cannot stand it.
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He is about as bi-partisan as I am bi-sexual
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Soft ball interview with Jared Kushner was disturbing as well.
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Good for you, Shaun! I'm happy to know that you continually have the courage to actually speak UP about crucial points that no one else wants to TOUCH. Thank you.
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Yea....I did a double take when I saw it also. What’s good is you and
@VanJones68 have a relationship where you can call each other to the carpet. I’m sure he received your comments on love brother. Now 45?
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Van's words were intentional. 'Uniter in chief' takes a minute to write. That's not a typo. He said this after all 45 did to disrupt the midterms, after the insults to April, Abby and Yamiche. From this tweet to his fawning interviews of 45 staff, a pattern is emerging.
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It's delusional, at best.
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Van jones is officially dead to me. A statement so obtuse and offensive as to assign that heathen the term “uniter” left me with no other option than to block Van’s account.
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But bro, he was specific about what DT was uniting. No need to criticize the tweet.
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Something going on with that... that's just off... as was the interview with corrupt fraud Jared Kushner in re prison reform.
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