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Van Jones says excitement at RNC feels like ‘Obama 2008’: ‘There’s something happening’
NY Post ^ | 07/19/2024 | Alexander Hall

Posted on 07/19/2024 11:19:25 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Former Barack Obama adviser Van Jones argued Thursday that the energy at this week’s Republican National Convention was comparable to what he saw when the nation’s first black president was first nominated in 2008.

Jones, now a CNN senior political commentator, talked about the palpable “spirit” and enthusiasm he could feel among the people at the RNC.

After CNN contributor Scott Jennings spoke with excitement about wrestler Hulk Hogan, UFC head Dana White and former President Donald Trump’s upcoming speeches at the RNC, Jones said, “This spirit that this guy [Jennings] has, you guys think it’s because he’s drunk, he’s not, this whole thing is like this.”

“The last time I was at a convention that felt like this was Obama 2008. There’s something happening,” he said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2008; obama; rnc; rncconvention; trump; trump2024; trumpconvention; vanjones

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To: RummyChick

Obama fired Jones late on a Friday because he was more radical than obama.


41 posted on 07/19/2024 12:08:52 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ll never figure it out for the rest of my life how and why people became so completely taken in by a black Muslim right on the heels of 9/11. It was and still is as if he is able to cast a spell over some people.


42 posted on 07/19/2024 12:18:06 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They sold the white liberal women voting for a black man proved they were not racist.


43 posted on 07/19/2024 12:19:03 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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To: Hattie

Badass transcends countries, ages and cultures I suppose


44 posted on 07/19/2024 12:19:15 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Sequoyah101
“It was and still is as if he is able to cast a spell over some people.”

From what I’ve heard, Satan is like that.

45 posted on 07/19/2024 12:31:01 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What is happening is simple to understand. Many Americans have seen results of leader Biden in charge. In 2020, Biden cloaked himself as a middle of the road, without any mean tweets, and spent more time in his basement wearing a burqa than hitting the road.


46 posted on 07/19/2024 12:36:40 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I will be voting for Trump/whoever he picks VP in November. If he loses in 2024, country is toast.)
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To: teeman8r

Buffalo Springfield
https://youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?si=umsa8DUaBjhxUY39


47 posted on 07/19/2024 12:47:37 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Loved that album


48 posted on 07/19/2024 3:03:16 PM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: teeman8r

Was just thinking that.


49 posted on 07/19/2024 3:04:41 PM PDT by Fledermaus (We Are Now In A Civil War!)
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To: plain talk

It was over when Dole got the nomination.


50 posted on 07/19/2024 3:06:21 PM PDT by Fledermaus (We Are Now In A Civil War!)
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To: Fledermaus

Yeah “my turn” Dole was one of the most boring candidates ever picked. He had no chance.


51 posted on 07/19/2024 3:27:13 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Sacajaweau

Been to Dearborn, MI, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN or Lewiston, MN lately?


52 posted on 07/19/2024 6:58:45 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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