van jones

Fact check: there was no “insurrection” or “coup attempt” on January 6, 2021. Jones: Trump’s ‘Coup’ Attempt Will Be ‘Biggest Prosecution in the History of Our Country’ Van Jones : Photo from Wikimedia Commons / Author of Photo: Neeta Lind Overview * Became a Communist in the aftermath of the 1992 “Rodney King riots” in Los Angeles * Founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in 1996 * Was active in the anti-Iraq War demonstrations organized by International ANSWER * Suspected that the Bush administration “may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war” * Served as a board member of the Rainforest Action Network and Free Press * In March 2009, President Barack Obama named Jones to be his so-called “green jobs czar.” * Has been a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/van-jones