It wouldn’t be Election Night in America without some emotional ranting from CNN political commentator Van Jones. In 2016, he infamously declared that President Trump won the elections because of “white-lash” to President Obama. Now, in 2020, he was lashing out at pollsters for getting Democratic voters’ hopes up with the rosy predictions, only to burn them with a closer than expected election.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Jones began his emotional sermon by declaring that “a lot of Democrats are hurt tonight.”
“There's a moral victory and there's a political victory. They're not the same thing,” he told the heavily liberal panel in a very somber tone. He was upset that there was a greater “repudiation” of Trump and that the race was so close:
The political victory still may come. But I think for people who saw babies being snatched away from their mothers at the border, for people who are sending their kids into schools where the n-word is now being used against them, for people who have seen this wave of intolerance, they wanted a moral victory tonight. We wanted to see a repudiation of this direction for the country.
“And the fact that it's this close I think hurts. It hurts. It just hurts. I think people got their hopes up looking at those polls,” he complained. Though he was hopeful that Democrats would still score the “political victory,” he was still crestfallen. “There were people who were hoping for a big repudiation and that has not yet come. And a lot of people are hurt and scared tonight in the Democratic Party.”
Several minutes later, Jones talked about certain “myths” that were broken. One broken “myth” he cited was that Republicans could be competitive when more people vote. “Republicans, it turns out when a bunch of people vote, it doesn't necessarily hurt you. So, maybe you can let more people vote,” he pleaded, pushing the ridiculous claim the GOP suppresses voters.
The other busted myth was that Democrats did well with a diverse electorate. “So, it’s not a census, it’s an election. We’re going to have to do a much better job reaching out to Latinos and to African-Americans in some parts of the country,” he said.
As he was wrapping up his comments, Jones had one last parting shot to take at the pollsters. “Lastly, these polls are not to be trusted,” he exclaimed, blaming them for the hurt. “There's something wrong with the polling industry because the reason people right now, I think, are hurt is because we got a little bit inflated with these polls.”
At least one liberal on CNN was being honest about how terrible the pre-election polls were.
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
CNN’s Election Night in America
November 4, 2020
1:06:50 a.m. Eastern(…)
VAN JONES: Before you go, I just want to say a couple of things. I think a lot of Democrats are hurt tonight. I think there's a lot of hurt out there. There's a moral victory and there's a political victory. They're not the same thing.
The political victory still may come. But I think for people who saw babies being snatched away from their mothers at the border, for people who are sending their kids into schools where the n-word is now being used against them, for people who have seen this wave of intolerance, they wanted a moral victory tonight. We wanted to see a repudiation of this direction for the country.
And the fact that it's this close I think hurts. It hurts. It just hurts. I think people got their hopes up looking at those polls.
The political victory I think is still possible because you still have Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Nebraska two. The political victory may yet come. But I've got to be honest tonight that I think who -- there were people who were hoping for a big repudiation and that has not yet come. And a lot of people are hurt and scared tonight in the Democratic Party.
(…)
1:13:28 a.m. Eastern
JONES: I think there are three things we can learn. First of all, there are myths that have been destroyed tonight. Republicans, it turns out when a bunch of people vote, it doesn't necessarily hurt you. So, maybe you can let more people vote. Have a big turnout, you haven't been hurt by it.
Democrats, it turns out when a diverse people vote, it doesn't always go our way. So, it’s not a census, it’s an election. We’re going to have to do a much better job reaching out to Latinos and to African-Americans in some parts of the country.
Lastly, these polls are not to be trusted. There's something wrong with the polling industry because the reason people right now, I think, are hurt is because we got a little bit inflated with these polls.
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