CNN’s Van Jones rip into Trump: ‘You can’t polish this turd’

Just moments after the last presidential debate ended, Van Jones tore into Trump, saying, "You can't polish this turd."

Oct 20, 2016
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CNN commentator Van Jones is done with Donald Trump.

Just moments after the last presidential debate had ended, Jones tore into Trump, saying, “You can’t polish this turd” in reference to the Republican presidential candidate.

“Technically, you can’t polish any turd,” CNN host Anderson Cooper responded.

In particular, Jones blasted Trump for suggesting that he would not accept the results of the election, calling the statement a “sad night for this country.” He said that Trump’s comments demonstrated an “appalling lack of patriotism.”

“I’m going to be very, very clear about this,” Jones said. “Al Gore respected the Constitution, respected the process, respected every voter. He went to our Supreme Court, asked for a resolution on his own terms as did George W. Bush. And when the election results were certified, he told his party and base to stand down and accept this, even though a lot of us were very, very upset.”

“What you just got now was the nominee of a major party for the first time in our history signaling to the American people that he has so little faith in our institutions, that he has so little faith in our people, and so little faith in our courts, and so little faith in the Republican governors, the Republican secretaries of state across this country that he will not stand in front of his own country, in front of his own nation and say that he respects the process and the outcome.”

“That is an outrage!” he said of Trump’s comments. “The appalling lack of patriotism from this man. To say this and praise Putin and Assad more than he has ever praised any American president.”

“He doesn’t talk about George Washington, He doesn’t talk about Ronald Reagan the way he talks about Putin and Assad. This man has demonstrated an appalling lack of patriotism and you should be ashamed to defend it.”

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