a disturbance in the force???
Posted on 10/27/2020 5:59:26 AM PDT by rustyweiss74
CNN anchor Jake Tapper hammered the President for remarks he made about the black community, only to be rebutted by analyst Van Jones who said actually, Trump “doesn’t get enough credit” for the “good stuff he has done.”
The exchange highlights a chasm between media reporting of Trump’s accomplishments for the black community and what people are actually feeling in those communities about his efforts.
Tapper began by taking exception to comments made during the last presidential debate in which Trump said he’s “done more” for the Black community than any president with the “possible exception of Abraham Lincoln.”
The President also declared himself as the “least racist” person in the room.
“Eight in ten black Americans believe that Trump is a racist, according to a Washington Post/Ipsos poll earlier this year,” Tapper criticized, failing to acknowledge the media and his own network’s role in fomenting that myth.
“Why does the president make comments like that instead of acknowledging that he has said things that seem insensitive but he wants to work on it?” he continued.
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Tapper likely didn’t see Van Jones, a prominent black analyst for the same network, coming to the President’s defense.
But that’s exactly what happened.
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Van Jones has become a Neocon?......................
Van Jones??? It’s surprising enough to hear 50 cent...but now him????
“I think it’s really unfortunate because Donald Trump, and I get beat up by liberals every time I say it but I keep saying it, he has done good stuff for the Black community,” Jones fired back.
“Opportunity Zone stuff, Black college stuff, I worked with him on criminal stuff, I saw Donald Trump have African American people, formally incarcerated, in the White House, embraced them, treated them well,” he continued.
“There is a side to Donald Trump that I think he does not get enough credit for.”
No.
In March 2009 Jones was appointed as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.[4] Jones, while an ardent supporter of President Barack Obama, had not planned on working for his administration.
The black community lives in an information bubble, and they only get Fed one message.
Kudos to Van Jones for a moment of clarity. I don’t know if there is enlightenment here, or if he’s separating Trump from Republicans like many of the Never trumpers do. Either way, it’s a startling admission.
Your stupid blog doesn’t own his words. Post the whole thing.
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper hammered the President for remarks he made about the black community, only to be rebutted by analyst Van Jones who said actually, Trump “doesn’t get enough credit” for the “good stuff he has done.”
The exchange highlights a chasm between media reporting of Trump’s accomplishments for the black community and what people are actually feeling in those communities about his efforts.
Tapper began by taking exception to comments made during the last presidential debate in which Trump said he’s “done more” for the Black community than any president with the “possible exception of Abraham Lincoln.”
The President also declared himself as the “least racist” person in the room.
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“Eight in ten black Americans believe that Trump is a racist, according to a Washington Post/Ipsos poll earlier this year,” Tapper criticized, failing to acknowledge the media and his own network’s role in fomenting that myth.
“Why does the president make comments like that instead of acknowledging that he has said things that seem insensitive but he wants to work on it?” he continued.
Why? Because actions speak louder than words, Jake. You’re so hung up on ‘insensitive’ words taken out of context that you can’t see the accomplishments.
Van Jones Defends Trump After Tapper’s Attack
Tapper likely didn’t see Van Jones, a prominent black analyst for the same network, coming to the President’s defense.
But that’s exactly what happened.
“I think it’s really unfortunate because Donald Trump, and I get beat up by liberals every time I say it but I keep saying it, he has done good stuff for the Black community,” Jones fired back.
“Opportunity Zone stuff, Black college stuff, I worked with him on criminal stuff, I saw Donald Trump have African American people, formally incarcerated, in the White House, embraced them, treated them well,” he continued.
“There is a side to Donald Trump that I think he does not get enough credit for.”
He’s Right, Tapper is Wrong
President Trump listed his numerous accomplishment for the black community during the same debate, something Tapper ignored in trying to argue against the Lincoln comparison.
“Criminal justice reform, prison reform, Opportunity Zones with Tim Scott, a great Senator from South Carolina,” Trump said.
“He came in with this incredible idea for Opportunity Zones. It’s one of the most successful programs. People don’t talk about it,” lamented the President.
Tapper dutifully proves him right. A real journalist would have pointed out both sides of the argument. Tapper is not a real journalist.
It’s worth noting that Scott, whom Trump mentioned, has predicted the President “will see a 50 percent increase in his African-American support” on election day.
CBS reporter Major Garrett declared just before the new year that even Barack Obama would be envious of President Trump’s record with minorities.
“That is a legacy on the agenda side that almost any president after three years would want to claim, particularly President Obama,” Garrett said.
In the interim, President Trump’s approval rating among likely black voters has nearly doubled … in one week.
Charlamagne Tha God, a popular African-American radio host, recently had thoughts on why young black voters were opening up to President Trump.
“I think it’s because Trump is talking to young black male voters, he’s directing ads toward them,” he told CNN’s Don Lemon. “They are a group that never get courted.”
Charlamagne went on to suggest that the “old democratic regime” speaks to “older black men and they think everybody else is going to fall in line.”
“They speak to older black men and think the rest of us all speak the same language.”
It wasn’t all praise for President Trump from Van Jones, however, as he accused him of sending mixed messages to white nationalists.
“The Black community can appreciate some of the stuff that he’s done, but when they see him playing footsie on Twitter with these white nationalists organizations, it just wipes it all out,” Jones claimed.
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Van Jones cannot criticize Trump on this issue and expect to have any credibility in the black community!!!
a disturbance in the force???
Van Jones has become a Neocon?......................
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No... but Van Jones is a weird one. He will go on and on talking leftist tripe but then every once in a while, he has a moment of clarity. I suspect that because of this, we’ll never see him on the Communist News Network again and certainly won’t be there for any more ‘whitelash’ sentiments.
There is NO WAY I’m clicking on a blog called “MenRec”. Sounds like a homosexual thing.
The moment tapper realizes that the left has lost the election.
Every once in awhile Van steps off the plantation, but he always returns quickly.
It is not the first time Van Jones has been fair to Trump.
Interesting...I always thought of him as basically being a Maoist.Maybe I was wrong...maybe there’s hope for him yet!
He has met with the President regarding Criminal reform.
Wikipedia:
“In May 2018, Jones and other members of #cut50 met with Jared Kushner and President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss a criminal justice reform bill.[106]”
That got results.
If you denounce you are much less likely to be able to work with them. He would be more effective if he got real about the true nature of socialism and communism and renounced them.
I guess if one is insensitive one is automatically a racist according to little jake-off.
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