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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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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No one is immune from disappointing others. We’ve literally all done it. Van is forgiven.
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Mitch McConnel, today informed the P45 that he will not be bothering with criminal justice reform, he has to many broken windows judges he wants to get appointed during the lame duck, the farm bill, and the spending bill, but no to reform.
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He could've worded it differently but if people would take their quick emotional responses away. They would've understood what he was saying. 99% of people haven't done anything but tweet with Zero actions to help ppl. Keep fighting
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If it’s not in writing with his signature it didn’t happen. Tic tic tic.
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*Attorneys General I agree with this thread but as a grammar Nerd....I just couldn’t let this fly Hopefully, as a writer, you see the humor in my grammar check and can still recognize, overall, I’m very much a fan of your work.
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You said all of this without claiming trump was the Uniter in chief without doing anything of substance.
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