Far-left CNN pundit Van Jones whined on air that former President Donald Trump’s operating mate, J.D. Vance, is a “scary dude” and “not a kumbaya decide.”
The dialog occurred simply minutes earlier than Trump formally introduced Vance as his decide.
CNN commentator Jonah Goldberg began the dialogue by saying of Vance, “The decide has by no means made a lot sense to me in that. Folks all the time say, nicely, he can win over blue-collar individuals in Ohio and Michigan. The blue-collar individuals which might be inclined to go for Trump are already going for Trump, and JD Vance is just not the man to win them over, and he’s definitely not the man to win over, skeptical suburban housewives or any of people who crowd.”
“However I’ve additionally all the time mentioned I’ve mentioned it a bunch of instances on air that the extra the Trump workforce thinks he’s going to win, the extra Vance’s probabilities enhance, as a result of he’s not a marketing campaign decide,” Goldberg continued. “He’s a governing decide to place in rather more severe MAGA individuals in all of these positions in authorities that, you already know, like Mike Pence did a variety of good work doing. And that spells an actual change for the Republican Get together going ahead. If that’s the case.”
Jones responded, “It is a scary dude. Scary dude, as a result of, when you’re hoping that, after this near-death expertise, we’re going to have a kumbaya conference.”
“This isn’t a kumbaya decide,” Jones mentioned. “And so, this is able to sign that Donald Trump is planning on doing a variety of laborious governing. He’s received someone in there who’s a pit bull. He’s an assault canine. He went to regulation faculty. He’s going to be in there making a complete bunch of stuff occur.”
Some observers had hoped that Trump’s near-death expertise may need softened him someway. Possibly he would use this second to carry us all collectively, they mentioned. However since he chosen as his VP somebody like J.D. Vance — a hard-edged assault canine for a most MAGA agenda — I worry… pic.twitter.com/CTVIrGEpkD
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) July 15, 2024
The pundit went on to warn, “So when you’re anxious concerning the Mission 2025 and all sort of stuff, it is a man that’s going to essentially preserve you up at night time.”
Jones concluded, “The opposite factor I wish to say is that we’ve talked lots about Biden not being wholesome. Donald Trump is just not wholesome. Donald Trump eats cheeseburgers on a regular basis. He’s received, coronary heart illness. That’s been reported. This may very well be the president of america right here. We talked about Kamala Harris. If JD Vance is subsequent in line both now or later, you’re speaking a couple of hardening of the Republican Get together round a MAGA agenda with a really succesful man. That does scare the crap out of a variety of Democrats. And so this isn’t going to be a kumbaya conference if he’s picked.”
