‘We Got Beat’: Van Jones Tells Dems To ‘Take A Breath’ And Stop Pinning Harris’ Loss Solely On ‘Sexism,’ ‘Racism’
CNN’s Van Jones on Thursday urged Democrats not to blame Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump solely on “racism” and “sexism.” Trump secured an election victory over Harris early on…
CNN’s Van Jones on Thursday urged Democrats not to blame Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump solely on “racism” and “sexism.”
Trump secured an election victory over Harris early on Wednesday, bolstered by increased support from Hispanic and black men. Jones, on “CNN News Central,” argued that bigotry contributed to Harris’ defeat, but said Democratic failures and the Trump campaign’s “innovation” were also significant factors.
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“I think that for Democrats, we have to take a breath here. It’s very easy to say it’s race, it’s gender. It is. There is that element, but there are other elements too. We did not build the kind of media communications infrastructure,” Jones said. “The same way that Trump caught us off guard by being on Twitter, when we didn’t understand Twitter, he did the same thing to us on podcasts. We keep falling behind the Trump innovation team. They’ve got engineers on their team, they’ve got entrepreneurs on their team. They think differently about Politics.”