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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This Reform sticks out like a sore thumb though. All his policies are bad for regular people, healthcare, education etc. So WHY this?
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