Van Jones: I’m Worried WHCD Shooter Will Be Made Into A Hero In This “Cheerleader Culture for Violence”
CNN commentator Van Jones praised President Donald Trump’s response to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting and warned against anyone trying to turn the surviving gunman into a hero, the way some did with Luigi Mangione.
VAN JONES: Wow. All I can say is wow. Well, I thought the president did well. I’m starting to worry about something though, which is that the shooter survived, which means on Monday he’s going to court, which means there is a danger that people try to make him some sort of hero. You watch what happened with Luigi [Mangione] who shot a CEO to death and somehow became a hero. So they said tonight you saw the worst of America. You saw the best of America. Tonight you definitely saw the best of America. I hope on Monday we don’t see the worst again. I just want to say very clearly this kind of despicable behavior has no place in America. It has no place on the right. It has no place on the left. We don’t know if he was there because he wanted to hurt Democrats or Republicans, both were there. We don’t know if he wanted to hurt journalists or politicians, both were there. This kind of behavior has no place in America. And it is wrong. Violence is not the way to resolve any grievances. And this cheerleader culture for violence, for people who think that the answer to our problems is to go shooting billionaires or going to synagogues or all these different things has to be called out immediately. The minute it starts, every single person with the platform must denounce it or we’re going to see this again.
