Van Jones says no Democrat should celebrate the words of a white nationalist and asks El-Sayed to pull his Tucker Carlson ad
Van JonesCNN political commentator, on his YouTube channel
In a video description on his YouTube channel, Jones calls Carlson an anti-Black bigot, says including him in a Democratic ad in Michigan is baffling and calls on candidates to pull ads that elevate him.
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El-Sayed's campaign ad celebrates Tucker Carlson, whom Van Jones calls a white nationalist.
“No Democrat should ever celebrate the words of a white nationalist who actively undermines the safety of Black people and Jewish people.”
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Abdul El-Sayed's ad quotes Tucker Carlson against Mike Rogers; Haley Stevens and Van Jones ask him to pull it
Abdul El-Sayed's campaign ad shows Tucker Carlson saying he wouldn't vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint. Haley Stevens and Van Jones asked El-Sayed to pull it, calling Carlson a white nationalist; Keith Boykin said the ad uses Carlson against Rogers.
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Video posted to Van Jones's YouTube channel with a written description by Jones. The clip shows Jones on CNN saying El-Sayed has not done enough to denounce two ads, one from his campaign featuring Tucker Carlson and one from an outside group. The description calls on candidates to pull ads that elevate Carlson.
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Jones wrote that El-Sayed's campaign had put out its own ad featuring Carlson, whom he described as an anti-Black bigot who also traffics in anti-Jewish stereotypes.
After the quotation
He added that, given the importance of Black and Jewish Democrats in Michigan, including Carlson in any Democratic ad there was baffling. In the CNN clip in the video, he said El-Sayed needed to denounce the ad.
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The reference point is the El-Sayed campaign ad that includes Tucker Carlson saying he wouldn't vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint. Jones calls the ad a celebration of a white nationalist and says it should come down, which condemns it.
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Read the full caseKeith Boykin says the El-Sayed ad uses Tucker Carlson against Mike Rogers rather than celebrating him
“No one is celebrating Tucker Carlson. The ad is using Tucker against Mike Rogers. The message is simple. Even Fox News can't make the case for Mike Rogers.”Read statement
Ryan Grim questions Haley Stevens's standing to ask for the ad's removal on behalf of the Black community
“Unclear who appointed Stevens to speak on behalf of the Black community but ok.”Read statement
Haley Stevens asks El-Sayed to take down his ad featuring Tucker Carlson
“And it is my hope and expectation that, out of the same respect for Michigan's Black community, he will take down his own advertisement featuring white Christian nationalist Tucker Carlson, an insult to the congregation that will welcome us on Sunday.”Read statement
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