Van Jones Says ‘I Ain’t Got No Hope, I’m Miserable
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NAFTALI: “No, we don’t expect it, but to be — one of the things about celebrating our democracy is that we want to celebrate the fact that we‘re going to have a peaceful transition of power and that the system worked. And when you celebrate that, you should have, as an American citizen, the hope, the hope that there‘s an opportunity to come together. I‘m not a naive person — “
Jones: “I ain’t got no hope. I ain‘t got no hope. I‘m miserable. I‘m sad. I‘m frustrated. I‘m mad at everybody. Thank you, Scott.
(Laughter)
Look, I appreciate what you‘re trying to do, reminding us that we‘re supposed to — look, if you‘re a progressive or a Democrat right now, if you‘re watching television, you‘re watching it probably with some substances because he‘s going to unleash this blitzkrieg of attacks on everything we care about, immigrants, clean energy, and nothing we can do about it but watch this stuff. So I appreciate you, but I‘m miserable and I‘m upset. And I know you‘re going to say something. Scott, that’s going to make me more upset. Go ahead.”
JENNINGS: “No, I‘m going to make you happy, because a) we‘re going to cut your taxes, too; b) here‘s what he‘s going to do, I think: I don‘t think it‘s going to be a sweeping speech. I don‘t think it‘s going to be full of flowery language. I think it‘s going to be very workman-like and I think the theme of the speech is going to be restoring confidence in America.”