Van Jones is not without his flaws, but we believe very strongly in giving credit where credit is due. And Jones definitely deserves it for his willingness to reach across the aisle and work with the Trump administration to further the cause of meaningful criminal justice reform.
But Jones’ belief in a genuinely worthy cause isn’t enough to negate his being a race traitor. At least not according to Oliver Willis:
oh btw right now van jones is at a white house event on stage right next to jared kushner. and he's chatting with ivanka. yeah.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 18, 2018
God for bid he actually is seen with someone he disagrees with
— JacobM (@JacobMarsee) May 19, 2018
He was shuckin and jivin'
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
That’s lovely, isn’t it? And there’s plenty more where that came from:
id also like to note @VanJones68 doesnt appear to have tweeted about the event he just did on stage with jared kushner, ivanka trump, and rick perry at the trump white house. heh.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 18, 2018
Yes I did. And I am proud to be working with the pro-prison reform faction inside the administration. I’m not alone. Especially proud to be supporting @RepJeffries and working with @keithellison and @TulsiGabbard to get #prisonreform done legislatively. https://t.co/lr0Z0A4eR7
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) May 19, 2018
I hope the money is nice for all that shuckin and jivin https://t.co/KHCpKa96ba
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
Despite his new friends @VanJones68 isn't stupid. He knows criminal justice reform isn't passing, especially not under Trump, but now he gets to be "one of the good ones." Trump even joked with him today! Hope the money is worth stepping on those black n brown necks.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
"Aw lawzy! Massa Trump say he Gon gib us day criminal justice ree-fohm sho nuff! I just gotsa dance to his baby girl, her husband and missah perry and dat ree-fohm it comin right up, yassuh!"
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
Oliver Willis has sunk to some pretty twisted lows, but that’s low, even for him.
And when it passes, you'll say it's not good enough. And when 4K people come home early, you'll say "big deal." And when 100K federal prisoners get better classes/programs, you'll say "so what?" But never will u help us get anything done. So it's kinda hard to take u seriously.
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) May 19, 2018
Clown dancing https://t.co/zlsvYZbrel
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
That said: if u want to help change conditions for 200K human beings in federal prisons, let me know. But if your "strategy" is to wait 3-7 years until maybe Dems win & maybe prioritize this issue & maybe pass something? Yeah…Nobody IN prison agrees with that. So we fight on.
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) May 19, 2018
Massa Trump say he gon do it https://t.co/AD1DBJavNh
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
Awful.
I'm sure Ivanka will come on your show now or give your next book a blurb @VanJones68 I hope the 30 pieces of silver will have been worth it
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
Also the funny thing here is Jones is the one who tends to complain mainstream Dems aren't progressive enough but now he accuses me of having that attitude because I criticized him for going to entertain… Donald Trump https://t.co/zlsvYZbrel
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 19, 2018
You didn’t just criticize him, Oliver. You branded him a race traitor for working with someone you don’t like.
Never thought the day would come where I would be defending Van Jones from someone on the left, but Oliver Willis’ race-based attack on him the other day was rather disgusting. pic.twitter.com/5KvhQT8tgX
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 23, 2018
Indeed. And when S.E. Cupp shared a story yesterday on her friend Jones’ work on criminal justice reform:
Spare some ink on this, please: https://t.co/EuGhS6TXmD
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) May 23, 2018
Willis doubled down on the racism:
Van provides window dressing so racist administration can point to their black friend without really doing anything https://t.co/7YipZQTyul
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 23, 2018
I know @VanJones68. One thing he doesn’t do: window dressing. https://t.co/TOIdkGVans
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) May 23, 2018
Uh huh
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 23, 2018
Nah, don’t placate. And don’t insinuate that my friend @VanJones68 isn’t an authentic about these issues he cares about. No one is more invested behind the scenes than him. You should either champion his progress with this administration, or you should tell everyone to give up. https://t.co/86X8dcdg6U
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) May 23, 2018
Aiding Donald Trump is aiding racism. And Van Jones is aiding Trump (even worse he did a dog n pony show for Ivanka, Jared, and Rick Perry). It was gross and disgusting. https://t.co/RloxxfFEEv
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 23, 2018
No, Oliver. You know what’s gross and disgusting? That you’re so incredibly blinded by partisanship, that you see nothing wrong with spewing actual racism.
You're the racist @owillis
— Hitchens Harris (@lovingthelogic) May 23, 2018
You’re disgusting
— Will Adkins (@WillAdkins11) May 23, 2018
Shame on you, Oliver Willis.
