Van Jones slams Donald Trump as a 'pathological liar with a Twitter addiction'

[TexasTowelie]

Van Jones emerged as a star last November when he said that Donald Trump's election was a result of a "whitelash." Now the CNN political commentator is hosting a series of town hall meetings across the nation that he describes as "Anthony Bourdain meets Phil Donahue."

Jones spoke with Variety about what to expect from the next four years, why Hillary Clinton lost, and what the Democrats need to do differently.

How has your life changed since the election?
For a lot of people, especially liberals and progressives, election night was a traumatic shock, like when JFK was shot or the Twin Towers fell. It was a huge media moment. And for a lot of them, I was their guy on CNN that night. For several days, I didn't have to pay for anything. I would walk into a store or sit down at a restaurant or get in a cab, and the workers wouldn't charge me, to say "thank you."

Why are people so traumatized?
You're taught your whole life not to be a bully, and this time a bully won. It upsets your whole view when someone like that wins.

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[tavalon]

1. He's going to be one of our better leaders

Kudos.

[renate]

2. I'll be watching--he is fantastic!

On election night he was incredible.

Thanks for this--I don't watch a lot of CNN so I would almost certainly have missed it.

[TrollBuster9090]

3. Van Jones is one of the best. Hind sight is 20-20, but I can't believe what a tragedy it was

what a tragedy it was for him to resign from the Obama Administration just because he signed a petition once, without reading the fine print about who the petition was being sponsored by.

Screw that! It took Obama a couple of years to learn that ALLOWING people to resign every time the Republicans threw a sham outrage was just ENCOURAGING bad behaviour. (Or, 'negotiating' for political hostages with political terrorist. That's probably a better analogy.)

I hope Van Jones trolls Trump A LOT over the next few years, and Trump responds to every single troll. Van Jones will really increase his visibility that way.

[colorado_ufo]

4. Guy has guts and a strong grasp on reality.

[JI7]

5. Van Jones was Right on Election Night when he said it was a "Whitelash"

that's why the bully won . it was angry bitter resentful people who were able to identify with the hatred Trump spewed as mainly minorities and women.

[boston bean]

6. He should have been more bold on CNN during the GE when he was on every single night with that

propagandist Kaleigh.

Dear god, it was like watching the dimmiest whit win the fucking day.

I am so sick that these liars have won the day. We will win the year though.