Van Jones
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Can we ask another question? Can we talk about Ukraine or something? No, no. Look, man, we're screwed. I mean, we don't know. Democrats don't know what to do. This is a nightmare. You know, somebody like Donald Trump, we thought we'd at least have, you know, Hakeem Jeffries in the speaker's chair to hold him back if we didn't have Kamala in there to do the right thing.
Listen, the Democratic Party is going through a massive set of internal crises. You have a party that got trapped two ways. One, defending a broken status quo that nobody likes because they thought that Donald Trump was going to make it worse. But when you're defending a status quo, you're going to lose.
Listen, the Democratic Party is going through a massive set of internal crises. You have a party that got trapped two ways. One, defending a broken status quo that nobody likes because they thought that Donald Trump was going to make it worse. But when you're defending a status quo, you're going to lose.
And then offending most people in the country, calling everybody sexist and racist and transphobic and every other name, and then saying, please follow us. That's not a good strategy, folks. Defending a broken stadium and offending most of the country.
And then offending most people in the country, calling everybody sexist and racist and transphobic and every other name, and then saying, please follow us. That's not a good strategy, folks. Defending a broken stadium and offending most of the country.
Look, man, we're screwed. I mean, we don't know. Democrats don't know what to do. This is a nightmare. You know, somebody like Donald Trump, we thought we'd at least have, you know, Hakeem Jeffries in the speaker's chair to hold him back if we didn't have Kamala in there to do the right thing. Listen, the Democratic Party is going through a massive set of internal crises.
Look, man, we're screwed. I mean, we don't know. Democrats don't know what to do. This is a nightmare. You know, somebody like Donald Trump, we thought we'd at least have, you know, Hakeem Jeffries in the speaker's chair to hold him back if we didn't have Kamala in there to do the right thing. Listen, the Democratic Party is going through a massive set of internal crises.
Look, man, we're screwed. I mean, we don't know. Democrats don't know what to do. This is a nightmare. You know, somebody like Donald Trump, we thought we'd at least have, you know, Hakeem Jeffries in the speaker's chair to hold him back if we didn't have Kamala in there to do the right thing. Listen, the Democratic Party is going through a massive set of internal crises.
You have a party that got trapped two ways. One, defending a broken status quo that nobody likes because they thought that Donald Trump was going to make it worse. But when you're defending a status quo, you're going to lose. And then offending most people in the country, calling everybody sexist and racist and transphobic and every other name, and then saying, please follow us.
You have a party that got trapped two ways. One, defending a broken status quo that nobody likes because they thought that Donald Trump was going to make it worse. But when you're defending a status quo, you're going to lose. And then offending most people in the country, calling everybody sexist and racist and transphobic and every other name, and then saying, please follow us.
You have a party that got trapped two ways. One, defending a broken status quo that nobody likes because they thought that Donald Trump was going to make it worse. But when you're defending a status quo, you're going to lose. And then offending most people in the country, calling everybody sexist and racist and transphobic and every other name, and then saying, please follow us.
That's not a good strategy, folks. Defending a broken status quo and offending most of the country turns out is not as popular as my party thought it was going to be.
That's not a good strategy, folks. Defending a broken status quo and offending most of the country turns out is not as popular as my party thought it was going to be.
That's not a good strategy, folks. Defending a broken status quo and offending most of the country turns out is not as popular as my party thought it was going to be.
How the hell did Donald Trump figure out The mainstream media is the fringe, and the fringe is now the mainstream. How the hell did Donald Trump figure out? I mean, Joe Rogan is obvious, right? Like, we knew the guy had a big audience. It's not like we were, like, stunned.
How the hell did Donald Trump figure out The mainstream media is the fringe, and the fringe is now the mainstream. How the hell did Donald Trump figure out? I mean, Joe Rogan is obvious, right? Like, we knew the guy had a big audience. It's not like we were, like, stunned.
But, like, how the hell was he, the 78-year-old guy who doesn't even have a computer, and still, like, writes handwritten notes? How did he become the guy who cracked the code on, to your point, running a cultural... I don't even want to say campaign. It was a movement.
But, like, how the hell was he, the 78-year-old guy who doesn't even have a computer, and still, like, writes handwritten notes? How did he become the guy who cracked the code on, to your point, running a cultural... I don't even want to say campaign. It was a movement.
A cultural movement, heading a cultural movement versus a campaign. Every one of your people knows Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon. Listen, everybody keeps – I mean the problem is you have a framework in your mind that how can Donald Trump, how can Donald Trump, how can Donald Trump – guys, can we cut it out? Donald Trump is not an idiot. Donald Trump, let me just be very clear.
A cultural movement, heading a cultural movement versus a campaign. Every one of your people knows Elon, Elon, Elon, Elon. Listen, everybody keeps – I mean the problem is you have a framework in your mind that how can Donald Trump, how can Donald Trump, how can Donald Trump – guys, can we cut it out? Donald Trump is not an idiot. Donald Trump, let me just be very clear.