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Political commentator Van Jones has been offering heavy praise of the Republican National Convention, earning him heavy pushback from social media users.
The Republican National Convention came to a close in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. on Thursday night (July 18). While some political commentators pointed out the various missteps made by GOP politicians, Van Jones has been steadily praising the energy at the convention.
“I wanna say something. This spirit that this guy has, you guys think that’s because he’s drunk. He’s not,” he said during a discussion on Wednesday (July 17), pointing at the convention crowd. “This whole thing is like this. The last time I was in a convention that felt like this was Obama 2008. There’s something happening.”The declaration led one of the other panelists to remark, “You just wrote a headline, by the way.”
That was prefaced by other gushing remarks made by Jones about some of the speeches given during the convention, beginning with his view of Amber Rose after her speech on Monday night (July 16).
“That was probably the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition,” Jones said. “That is a young woman of color. She is describing the experience that a lot of people have — feeling that maybe, if you’re around too many liberals, you might get criticized too much or you might not be able to speak your mind, and she spoke to it really well. And she’s way more famous than any of us up here — I’m going to tell you that — way more famous.”
Van Jones would also gush over Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ speech, saying her remarks were “incredibly compelling…extremely powerful.”
The praise would come to a halt after Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday.
“If Biden had given a speech that incoherent, that rambling, that undisciplined, Democrats would’ve hit Biden with a tranquilizer dart and drug him off,” he said. “Trump was boring … undisciplined … he basically was the worst part of his own convention.”
The pattern of praise from Jones left a sour taste in the mouths of many on social media. D.L. Hughley was among those criticizing how much the CNN commentator seemed to be all for the Republicans and pointedly criticized him for thinking the convention had any resemblance to the effect of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Below are some of the best responses to Van Jones’ remarks on social media.
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Footage of Donald Trump appearing to fall asleep at the Republican National Convention stirred up social media users with some claiming he was praying.On Monday (July 15), the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kicked off with Donald Trump having a moment that went viral for the wrong reasons. Despite the standing ovations and constant attention bestowed upon him in his first public appearance since the attempt on his life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last Saturday (July 13), at one point he appeared to fall asleep.
The moment was captured during MSNBC’s primetime coverage of the convention, helmed by a panel of Joy Reid, Rachel Maddow, Alex Wagner, and Lawrence O’Donnell. Maddow brought attention to Trump, seated in the VIP box with his eyes closed and viewers seeing them both on a split screen. Those who support Trump went on the offensive, claiming that the moment was captured during a moment of prayer being held in the FiServ Forum during that time. In posts on X, formerly Twitter, defenders of Trump actively used the Community Notes feature introduced by owner Elon Musk to add that correction to posts containing the video.
Others, however, publicly disputed that idea, noting the length of time that Trump appeared to be asleep. They also called out how some media outlets had been pushing the narrative of President Joe Biden being too old and too slow to be commander-in-chief. Biden is 81, while Trump is 77. The moment of Trump’s reported nodding off was a sharp contrast to when convention attendees first saw Trump arrive, with his right ear clad in a white bandage as he strode out to the VIP box in the arena.
Trump has had a moment where he was caught napping before. It took place during the election interference “hush money” trial involving adult film star Stormy Daniels in May, with one journalist capturing the moment Trump slept in a thread on X, formerly Twitter.
We’ve collected some of the more popular reactions to Trump’s reported dozing on social media below.
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Anthony Anderson made fun of Senator Tim Scott’s speech at the Republican National Convention’s opening night, as well as Donald Trump’s bandaged ear and convention entrance.
On Tuesday (July 16), actor Anthony Anderson kicked off his guest hosting stint of Late Night With Jimmy Kimmel with a monologue that skewered South Carolina Senator Tim Scott’s speech at the Republican National Convention, which Anderson dubbed “the white People’s Choice Awards”. After noting that the party officially declared Donald Trump as its nominee, “which means there was a lot of ass-kissing on display,” he went on to call out Scott. “But no one kissed more ass than the senator from South Carolina, Tim Scott.”
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The show then played a clip from Scott’s speech, where he spoke about the thwarted assassination attempt on Trump’s life. “On Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle, but an American lion got back up on his feet and he roared!”, Scott yelled, adding a couple more roars for the convention audience. “Tim, Trump already picked his running mate,” Anderson said after the clip, referring to Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
“You don’t have to do this, bruh.” But he noted that the “most ridiculous” part of Scott’s remarks came afterward. They then played the clip, which showed Scott saying once again that “America is not a racist country.” Anderson replied sarcastically, Attention large crowd of white people: America is not a racist country. Thanks, Uncle Tim. Or Tom, whichever you go by.”
Anderson also took time to poke fun at the several shots of Republican supporters dancing in the crowd at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, calling it the “No Soul Train”.
But he saved some of his best jabs for the former president, saying that Trump “walked in like a heavyweight champ, with the swagger of Mike Tyson and the ear of Evander Holyfield. I mean, Trump had his ear all bandaged up. That’s the whitest square I’ve seen next to him since Mike Pence.”
Check out the full monologue from Anthony Anderson above.
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Amber Rose delivered a speech on the opening night of the Republican National Convention supporting Donald Trump, and social media users derided her for attending. On Monday (July 15), reality television star and model Amber Rose took the stage at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rose was greeted by a standing ovation from the crowd. “I’m here tonight to tell you, no matter your political background, that the best chance we have to give our babies a better life is to elect Donald Trump president of the United States,” she began. “I’m no politician and I don’t wanna be, but I do care about the truth, and the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump,” the model added, claiming she “did her research”. “I know this because for a long time, I believed those lies.”
“I realized Donald Trump and his supporters don’t care if you’re Black, white, gay or straight. It’s all love,” Rose continued. “And that’s when it hit me: These are my people. This is where I belong.”
That line drew another raucous ovation from the gathered crowd of supporters, politicians, and delegates. “The left told me to hate Trump and even worse, to hate the other side — the people who support him. When you cut through the lies, you realize the truth: American families were better when Donald Trump was president. We were safer, wealthier and stronger,” she concluded.
The speech compelled CNN senior political commentator Van Jones to say afterward that the 40-year-old’s remarks represented the “most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition,” and “the most effective” on the convention’s first night.
“And she’s way more famous than any of us up here — I’m going to tell you that — way more famous. And so to the extent that these guys are trying to bust up our coalition, that was a bunker buster right there,” he added. But many more derided Rose – and Jones – afterward on social media, referencing her past relationship with Ye aka Kanye West as her main claim to fame and also calling out her confrontation with reality show star Joseline Hernandez on BET’s College Hill where the latter flatly stated that Rose “wanted to be a white girl”.
Take a look at some of the more striking reactions to Amber Rose’s RNC speech below.
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Amber Rose announced that she will be speaking at the Republican National Convention, leading many on social media to call her out for her past actions.
In a surprising move, media personality Amber Rose has announced that she will be speaking at the upcoming Republican National Convention to endorse Donald Trump for president. She confirmed the reports to her followers in a post on X, formerly Twitter on Monday (July 7) which contained a photo of the Trump 2024 campaign sign and another with the statement: “It’s True! I’m speaking at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee #MAGA”.
The former partner of Ye aka Kanye West has recently declared her allegiance publicly to the former twice-impeached president within the last two months, beginning with posting a photograph of herself posing with Trump and his wife, Melania on Instagram in May. It’s a noticeable about-face for the 40-year-old, who has previously been a staunch supporter of women’s rights through her Amber Rose Foundation and hosted a “SlutWalk” in 2015 to protest systemic sexual harassment and assault. Back then, her thoughts about Trump were expressed in an interview with The Cut in 2016 where she called Trump a “f***ing idiot,” also adding that she “really hope[s] he’s not president.” Rose would defend her stance afterward, saying: “Trump supports the most reasonable compromise on abortion. Stop being brainwashed cuz WE’RE ppl of color. Make your own decisions.”
Amber Rose was recently in the video for the song “Trump Trump Baby” recorded by another Trump supporter, the rapper Forgatio Blow. The news of her speaking at the RNC in Milwaukee has not gone over well with conservatives, who’ve dubbed Rose an “OnlyFans chick”. Floridian Republican Dr. Maria Peiro blasted the choice in a post on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “Conservatives who voted for Trump in the primary, how do you like being represented by a woke, pro-trans, socialist at the GOP convention?” And others called out the former exotic dancer for being so pro-Trump just for the money – she has been promoting her cryptocurrency using the red “Make America Great Again” hat in recent social media posts. Others brought up the infamous confrontation that she had with reality television star Joseline Hernandez on BET’s “College Hill: Celebrity Edition” after Hernandez told Rose she “wanted to be a white girl”.
We’ve assembled some of the more striking responses to Amber Rose’s new moment in the spotlight below.
1. Who’s gonna tell him?
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