September 21, 2025

"This guy is reaching out to his mortal enemy saying, we need to be gentlemen, sit down together and disagree agreeably. And the next day, he's killed."

Says Van Jones about the message Charlie Kirk sent him on September 9th, which he didn't open until the next day, after Kirk had died.

Jones appears broken up about it — on camera, on CNN, interfacing with Anderson Cooper. If it's political theater, it's good political theater. If Van Jones is experiencing a true change of heart, I hope he is one of millions:


JONES: "Everybody knows we were not friends, okay? At all. But you praise the good when it’s time to memorialize somebody and what he did. And I didn’t even know it was good. He was not for censorship. He was not for civil war. He was not for violence. He was for dialogue, open debate and dialogue. Even with me. Even with me."

COOPER: "Would you have gone on his show?"

JONES: No. Look, I would have probably tried to get him on your show. I mean, I wasn’t trying to build his platform, but I would have called and we would have talked, and we would have started the process of trying to figure this stuff out. And I think what happens is people get so worked up, Anderson, seeing us go at it, they think this was, “Go ahead and kill somebody,” or, “Go out and talk about civil war. Go out and silence people or cancel people or fire people or censor people about Charlie Kirk, Mr. Debate. I did not agree with him on literally almost anything. But we were words not weapons guys. We were words, not weapons, guys. And we were getting into a position where we could get some real debate going, whether it’s going to be on CNN or on his show. That wasn’t worked out, but I would have taken him up. I wanted to beat Charlie Kirk in a debate. I didn’t want somebody to shoot him. That’s how we do it in America. And the idea that now people on both sides are justifying murders and calling for further civil wars—we’ve got to calm this down, Anderson. We need to calm this down. We need to lower the temperature. Yes, we disagree. But like he said, we can disagree agreeably. His last words to me: 'Let’s disagree agreeably.'"

ADDED: Why did Jones say "This guy is reaching out to his mortal enemy"? There's no basis for attributing murderous hate to Kirk. If you want a lower temperature, maybe lay off this kind of hyperbole. Jones makes it seem as though Kirk were backing down from some earlier hotheadedness, but I think Kirk kept to civil discourse the whole time.

AND: From the OED "Mortal" — "Of an enemy: that will be satisfied only with the death of the foe; implacable, unappeasable." Jones said that Kirk was "reaching out to his mortal enemy" — so "his" means "Kirk's." Jones therefore believed (or pretended to believe) that Kirk regarded Jones as someone who would only be satisfied by Kirk's death. I wrote "There's no basis for attributing murderous hate to Kirk," but it would make more sense to say that Jones meant that Kirk saw Jones as someone who would only be satisfied by Kirk's death. So Kirk reached out to someone who — as he saw it — would like to see him dead. That was courageous of Kirk. Now, I don't see the basis for thinking that Kirk saw Jones that way. Kirk was certainly correct if he thought he had mortal enemies, but why would Jones paint himself as one of them?

128 comments:

Duty of Inquiry said...

Who on the right is justifying murders?

RAH said...

Kirk in that attempt to converse got to Van. Van was wrong about the black insane murderer of the Ukrainian girl. He did say I got the white girl. So it made Van try to be decent rather than critical.

Curious George said...

Van Jones would never debate Charlie.

Derve said...

Ann, have you read the days-old Ta Na Hesi Coates piece in Vanity Fair? (remember TNC? You have a link set up you've plugged him so much here...) You should. Charlie is not well like in the black community that has heard of him, for good reason... "You are on one side, I am on the other... Are we divided? Always one against the other..."
You know Scot Adams harbors racist fears/hate in his heart as well, right? I thought our tenured Madison law professor was a liberal on those types of equality social issues...

Meade changed everything. Hoosiers don't have eyes to see it, but law professors should have read enough to see reality clearly in her country... Choose carefully, ms anne. Maybe read up and educate yourself before your canonize young Mr. Charlie?

Achilles said...

Van Jones knows that he is stuck in a box canyon.

If we are all allowed to freely talk the left is finished. Nobody wants their racist DEI socialist crap.

The only way the Left succeeds is through the sanctioned DEI/Antifa violence. Brown shirts and the terror of violence have always been a necessary ingredient to leftist seizure of power.

gilbar said...

He was not for civil war. He was not for violence.
He was for dialogue, open debate and dialogue..

and THAT, is Why they murdered him.

n.n said...

Kirk opposed Diversity (i.e. color judgment, class bigotry). He observed the insidious, cancerous infiltration of DEIsm (i.e. institutional, systemic Diversity) that Critical Diversity Theory informs us required strict scrutiny to discern character amidst its progress under liberal license and Democratic leverage.

That said, diversity of individuals, minority of one. Men and women are equal in rights and complementary in Nature. #HateLovesAbortion

Derve said...

Who on the right is justifying murders?
--------
Anybody who throws fuel on the racial woes
in this country, or supports sending billions in weapons
to Israel while our own people's health and shelter needs go unmet. People are dying, in unjust ways, even if it's not filmed for your personal masochistic viewing.

Curious George said...

CHarlie Kirk didn't have a mortal enemy. But there is good chance Van Jones doesn't know what a mortal enemy is.

narciso said...

he is a smarter zampolit than most on CNN, certainly abby phillips or even jeffrey toobin, but I do not ignore his function

Breezy said...

“I would have taken him up.”

Easy to say now, and I don’t believe it. If he really would have, then he should reach out now to find another sparring partner like Megyn Kelly or Steven Miller. There are quite a few to choose from.

Christopher B said...

Somebody who wants to kill you is also your 'mortal enemy'. It doesn't necessarily indicate that you have a reciprocal intention to kill them.

narciso said...

if words are violence, then of course there are mortal enemies,

Sebastian said...

"now people on both sides are justifying murders" Like Duty, I call BS. Bothsidesism is phony prog deflection. But if not "civil war," what should we call the bullets flying (or intended to be flying) from the left toward people on the right? So far, "the right" has not exacted an eye for an eye. Kirk himself endured the continual taunting and threats. Lefty speakers faced nothing of the sort. Lefty online figures blithely approved the Kirk killing, assuming, of course, that the violence would only go one way. What's the right to do--debate some more?

tommyesq said...

Of course, Jones has to throw in some "bothsideism" remark.

gilbar said...

what does mortal enemy mean?
"a very serious and dangerous enemy, danger, threat, etc.."
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/mortal-enemy-danger-threat-etc#google_vignette

Charlie was a danger.. a threat.. someone that You MUST KILL

to the left, Charlie's words were violence, and justified his Murder,
because the left had NO RESPONSE to Charlie's words

narciso said...

like 'cycle of violence' that trope that allows one to ignore responsibility,

mikee said...

Van Jones has no moral authoritay of any kind, as he is a leftist authoritarian in total opposition to our constitutional order. He waited long enough to see which way the politcal winds were blowing after the Kirk murder and is now trying to gain political capital by seeming like a reasonable human being. He is not. To hell with him, and to hell with his ideology of totalitarian leftist control over everyone else.

Achilles said...

tommyesq said...



It is all they have left.

If we were half as authoritarian as they constantly bleat they would all be dead or in jail at this point.

donald said...

The one where Van Jones confirms he and his ilk are less than mediocre garbage people. Van Jones wouldn’t go on Charlie Kirk’s show because after the show, the guy with the high school education would have filleted him with argument and thought. By the way, I barely noticed Charlie Cook was alive. I didn’t watch the videos and the main exposure I had was catching him on the radio when I’m in Palm Springs, which ya gotta admit was kinda rich. Seemed like he had a good thing going business wise, but I thought nothing of him till I saw the results of the 2024 elections. Fuck Van Jones, he doesn’t mean one nice word in that video.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Don't worry, it's Van Jones. He'll run back to the party line soon and start casing all sorts of aspersions on Charlie Kirk. That's why I can't stand Jones. Every now and again he says something reasonable and sensible, but then he must get a call from his controller and bam! He quadruples done on what ever crap the other party hacks are spewing out.

n.n said...

40 trillion dollar in debt because Medicare is underfunded, Medicaid is unfunded under the Obamacares umbrella that sustains progressive prices and health care.

Weapons sold to Israel to defeat Hamas, as proxies of Iran, that waged war on Israel and people in Gaza.

Shelter of Americans who were displaced by illegal aliens in sanctuary states and excessive immigration that forces progressive prices and availability.

DEIsm (i.e. institutional, systemic Diversity) policies where Diversity is color judgment, class bigotry.

We need to end insourcing and outsourcing through labor and environmental arbitrage in green (i.e. naive) and Green Deals.

We need to stop exploiting Americans and stop stoking prejudice and bigotry.

We need to stop performing human rites for social, clinical, criminal, political, and climate progress, a wicked solution to abort the "burden" of evidence in order to keep women affordable, available, reusable, and taxable.

Baby Lives Matter (BLM)

Spiros said...

I think "mortal enemy" refers to Mr. Kirk's position on affirmative action. Mr. Kirk prefers a meritocracy where intellectual ability is prioritized over race and gender. Even though Black people are less than 1% of top test takers in the US and 1/3 black men have a felony, they are vastly over represented in government jobs, HR and academia due to affirmative action. Without affirmative action, the Black middle class disappears.

donald said...

Oh yeah, “mortal enemies”? Well that settles that. Now I know.

MattJ said...

I love the delusion that Van Jones going on Charlie Kirk's show would be "building up" Kirk's show, rather than the reverse. Kirk going on Anderson Cooper's show would have had significantly more positive effect on Coopers ratings than Van Jones going on Kirk's show.

Achilles said...

Does Van Jones realize that he called Charlie Kirk a Mortal Enemy just days after Kirk was shot and killed?

Do you think he understands just what he is confirming and exactly what his statement infers?

How can someone who wants to debate with you be a mortal enemy?

Now we know. This is why the left will always be a fundamentally violent movement.

In a leftists own words.

narciso said...

yes this yale law grad, and baby marxist would never lower himself to debate Charlie,

wendybar said...


The crying left just can't understand why we don't believe anything they spew anymore.. Van included.

Ben Scallan 🇮🇪
@Ben_Scallan
Flashback to Jimmy Kimmel laughing about Donald Trump being banned from all social media platforms, and joking about conservative apps being taken offline:

"All over the internet, [conservatives] are screaming about being silenced. They won't be silent about being silenced."

https://x.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1969399657869582717

n.n said...

No discrimination of sexual orientation (e.g. pedophilia, grooming, sadomasochism, etc)? Our demos-cracy are overwhelmingly "bitter clingers."

Political congruence ("=")? #NoJudgment #NoLabels Why the queer preference? The albinophobic symbols and rhetoric? The social distancing of homosexuals and bisexuals from simulants in the transgender spectrum by Choice (i.e. selective, opportunistic).

Civil unions for all consenting adults: couples, couplets, etc.

narciso said...

yes that violin gets smaller and smaller, CNN seems to platform everything but the truth, Scott Jennings just get some things in edgewise,

Peachy said...


The leftwing group that killed Charlie is the democratic party and its cultists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJENP0Rr8p0

n.n said...

All's fair in lust and abortion? The majority in our Republic disagree with the Democratic doctrine.

Political Junkie said...

Remember Van Jones is a founding member of 9/11 Truthers. Sure, he was forced to walk it back. Only becuase he was forced.

planetgeo said...

Everyone is correctly pouncing on Van Jones' use of the term "mortal enemy". It is very revealing because it's clear which party(ies) sees the other as mortal enemy. By his very actions Charlie Kirk never saw those he came in to TALK TO as mortal enemies. It was like Bambi coming in to a lodge full of hunters to debate why they wanted to kill him. Clearly, the hunting side doesn't want to debate.

n.n said...

Kirk did not consider people who disagreed or misunderstood him to be his "mortal enemy", thus his preference and policy to debate, to communicate in lieu of aborting a "burden" for relief.

narciso said...

its a tell, like in a card game,

Beasts of England said...

Van Jones did his best to be civil, is spite of the infelicitous terminology. I believe his distress was sincere and I give him credit for such.

William said...

I had seen a few brief Charlie Kirk videos before his death. Kirk seemed decent and good humored, but there were other things on You Tube. His murder changed all that. Transubstantiation is going a bit far, but Charlie Kirk is no longer a talking head. I've watched several of his videos at length. His life is now framed by his murder, and the courteous way he responded to his interlocutors seems saintly........Something like that happened with JFK and MLK, except their private lives, unlike Charlie's, weren't all that saintly.......The propaganda of the deed. Not since Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Ferdinand has there been a more I'll conceived political murder.

narciso said...

I guess one could credit him for that, but I won't

Lance said...

CNN does not host debates. Especially not Anderson Cooper. Had CNN invited Van Jones and Charlie Kirk to "debate", it would have been a five minute spot. Or they would have invited four additional Democrats to gang up on Kirk and make it a sneer fest.

Beasts of England said...

‘I guess one could credit him for that, but I won't’

It’s a beautiful day and there were no lefty signs at the marina, so I’m feeling generous…

Aggie said...

If CNN and their ilk keeps it up, Van, it might come to pass that Charlie Kirk becomes your immortal enemy.

rgriff50 said...

Scott Jennings spoke at one if John Hinderaker's events. He said Van Jones was a good man. This fits. Over-dramatizing Charlie's sense of the nature of their differences can be forgiven if he's able to glimpse Charlie as a decent person.

William said...

Mortal enemy. I suppose most people don't mean that literally, but there's reason to believe that many in the trans and anti-fa communities are dead serious and mean to do physical harm to their enemies.......I don't suppose Van Jones would describe such people as his "mortal enemies".

Captain BillieBob said...

Whatever is bothering Jones today he will be over it by tomorrow. The left never changes.

Peachy said...
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Beasts of England said...

Tens of thousands in Arizona lined up pre-dawn for the ‘unremarkable’ Charlie Kirk memorial service.

Joe Bar said...

If Charlie hadn't been shot, Jones wouldn't have gone on the show with him. There's nothing for him to gain, and everything to low.

Peachy said...

The Democrats are a Terrorist Organization.

They are bravely fighting the "Fascists"!

you and me.

Hassayamper said...

If we are all allowed to freely talk the left is finished.

True facts. Any unmoderated forum on the internet always becomes right-wing. The Right is unquestionably in the majority.

Joe Biden assigned Nina Jankowicz to be the Democrats' censorship czarina for this very reason. The plan was to win the Presidency and Congress by vote fraud in 2024, suspend the filibuster so they could pack the Supreme Court with 13 more Ketanji Brown Jacksons, make the First Amendment a nullity with the approval of the puppet Supreme Court, and turn this country into a heavily censored left-wing gulag in the very same fashion as the UK is becoming.

We dodged a metaphorical bullet when we whipped the Democrats' asses last year. They lost their minds, and now they are firing real bullets. This will not end well for them.

n.n said...

Aa it turns out, "mortal enemy" was an accurate descriptor. We need to address the progress of exercising liberal license to entertain, celebrate, incite abortive ideation and affirmative action.

n.n said...

At least Van Jones can distinguish between guys and gals, so there is some place to start a conversation in good faith.

Hassayamper said...

This is not the first time Jones has given me reason to believe he is an honest liberal and a worthy opponent. He has risen greatly in my estimation since we first heard of him in the Obama years. I don't expect him to follow David Horowitz and Ayaan Hirsi Ali from the far left to actual conservatism, but we'd all be better off if his influence could rein in the crazies in his party.

Peachy said...

Democrat terrorists are the reason a funeral has to have steel barriers.

Achilles said...

rgriff50 said...

Scott Jennings spoke at one if John Hinderaker's events. He said Van Jones was a good man. This fits. Over-dramatizing Charlie's sense of the nature of their differences can be forgiven if he's able to glimpse Charlie as a decent person.

This is wrong. Jennings is wrong.

People to the right of Mao are going to be attacked and killed until you people including Jennings understand just what the left and the ideology is.

I am going to link this again because this is the crux of the point. ShoeOnHead is to the left of Van Jones. An actual socialist.

But ShoeOnHead says: I would rather live with people who disagree with me than live with people who agree with me but kill those I disagree with.

Van Jones has not taken this step. Van Jones would rather we were dead than we have political power.

We are Mortal Enemies.

Peachy said...

Van Jones is an asshole. (D) No sale.

n.n said...

... between gentlemen and masculinists, between ladies and feminists. The past, present, and progress of Diversity (i.e. class-disordered ideologies), DEIsm, should be revisited just long enough to abort it.

Achilles said...

Anyone trying to call Kirk and Trump supporters any variation of racist or fascist is part of the problem.

They would rather we were dead than we have political power.

Peachy said...

We don't need more acting. lies, excuses and bullshit from the corrupt democrat-soviet media.
They need to apologize.

hombre said...

Jones has some lucid moments. The “both sides” drivel is not among them.

Peachy said...

Pointing out the lates left re-writing of history:

"I really wish people wouldn't do this.

The US military in WWII never used the term "antifascist," let alone "Antifa." You know who did? The Soviets.

The original Antifa (1930s) was a far-left Stalinist German group that helped bring the Nazis to power by sabotaging moderates."

Disparity of Cult said...

A little surprised to hear that from Jennings. But everyone has their price. Has Jones retracted his false statements about Kirk regarding the murder of Iryna Zarutska?

Yancey Ward said...

Jones is employing "mortal enemy" as hyperbole, I think, so I wouldn't critique it otherwise.

On the substance, Jones would never "stoop" so low as to go on Kirk's show, show up at a Kirk debating session, or even invite him to CNN and I think everyone knows this. It is interesting that Jones thinks he would be "building up" Kirk's reputation by appearing with him- that is pure narcissism and completely back asswards.

narciso said...

jan valtin, aka albert krug, who was on the docks in hamburg 'in the night that fell behind' showed the method

hombre said...

We have seen the face of our “mortal enemies” by the thousands since Charlie’s death. They are speaking murder and the leftmediaswine are covering for them by peddling the “both sides” or “MAGA did it” bullshit. Lefties have a license to kill us from the Democrats and the mediaswine.

Achilles said...

Yancey Ward said...

Jones is employing "mortal enemy" as hyperbole, I think, so I wouldn't critique it otherwise.

How can it be hyperbole?

Van Jones thinks he should take your stuff and give it to other people. This only happens under the threat of death. People who do not willingly give up their stuff are Mortal Enemies to the left. They kill you if you do not give them stuff.

Pj said...

When did this clip take place? Is it fair to say this might have been more helpful if we heard about it like the day of or after his assassination and not more than a week later, maybe to lower the temperature? Blaming both Jones and CNN if this was known sooner than whenever it aired…..

narciso said...

happened nine days after the assasination,

Peachy said...

btw - Antifa - came from the Soviets.

Makes perfect sense.

narciso said...

as with the Brigatte Rote Armee, Action Directe and the Provos, also Euskadi

mindnumbrobot said...

Forgive the vulgarity, but fuck Van Jones. He can't talk his way out of the culpability he shares with his fellow radicals who demonized conservatives to the point there were two assassination attempts on Trump and now Charlie Kirk is gone. Too little, too late. Everything changed on Sept 10.

mindnumbrobot said...

Van Jones' words are hollow and meaningless. Repent, or shut up.

Larry J said...

When the Left says: “ That’s how we do it in America. And the idea that now people on both sides are justifying murders and calling for further civil wars—we’ve got to calm this down, Anderson. We need to calm this down. We need to lower the temperature.”

The Right hears, “You racist, Fascist mofos need to calm the f down before some of us get hurt,”

narciso said...

the normalization of trans mania, that has led to nine attacks as well as one attempt, the roske character, not to mention the trevor project, that jackalope brinton the luggage thief was a part of, all the evidence of the Old Gods' slipping into our world, and the contribution of Harris and Walz, and the Shambling Heap

paminwi said...

I think this Van No es segment was performative. He needed to do this for his public persona. Ow I want someone to film him unaware in a private moment. He let his private being out when he called Charlie his “mortal enemy”.
Long way of saying I do not believe him.

Freeman Hunt said...

This is nice.

EdwdLny said...

Democrats, liberals are the enemy. They have been demonstrating with actions and describing with words what kind of people they are, and who they are. Including being assassins. Remorse or pretending to be remorseful after the fact are lies. We know what and who they are. So, prepare and train. They won't stop. Preparedness and training will be of benefit. These democrat behaviors and actions will continue and will also worsen.

Original Mike said...

Peachy said..."btw - Antifa - came from the Soviets."

Yes it did

boatbuilder said...

I'm going to give him a pass for "mortal." You know what he meant.

Inga said...

“So far, "the right" has not exacted an eye for an eye.”

“If we were half as authoritarian as they constantly bleat they would all be dead or in jail at this point.”

You are more than half as authoritarian, but thankfully don’t have the power to kill or jail half of the US.

JAORE said...

A few, damn few, leftists are going into a temporary CYA mode. It is, IMO, because they see how horrifying their reaction to the murder of this young, fine man is playing to the center. But many, AOC, Crockett and other fringe (when viewed outside the titanium bubble of the hard left) just can not help themselves. Van Jones may be weeping today at the loss of Kirk. I'll believe he has changed IF he speaks in a similar fashion in a couple of weeks.

Michael said...

Funny. Kirk was known for going into hostile places and having respectful conversations with people with diametrically different viewpoints. But when asked if he ever would have gone on Kirk's podcast, Jones gives an emphatic, No!.

Inga said...

“Democrats, liberals are the enemy… We know what and who they are. So, prepare and train. They won't stop. Preparedness and training will be of benefit. These democrat behaviors and actions will continue and will also worsen.”

The mass hysteria on the right has become pathological.

Leland said...

The mass hysteria on the right has become pathological.
Three shootings by left wing progressives in 10 days. Yet, Inga still blames the right. Fuck off.

Lawcruiter said...

Even if completely insincere, Van is being smart about positioning himself as the kind of leftist that those of us on the right would want to debate. If only his fellow bomb-throwers would at least pretend to express the same sentiments!

Hassayamper said...

As a curmudgeonly aside on Charlie Kirk, I'm watching the feed of his funeral service at the moment. I'm not really enjoying the musical prelude. It's mostly dumbed-down, repetitive contemporary crap that all sounds alike to my ear. Suburban mega-church prosperity-gospel Joel Osteen rubbish.

How about some gospel bluegrass, or religious music from the classical music canon? Shape-note singers with old selections from the Sacred Harp songbook, or a gospel choir from a conservative black church? Gregorian chant? Classic country like "I Saw The Light"? Some of the most of the most uplifting Christian music I ever heard was at a Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert.

At least they did do one old hymn I recognized (How Great Thou Art). I'd rather hear some more old familiar tunes from the pre-woke Episcopal hymnal than all this banal contemporary pap.

narciso said...

you have excused every leftist atrocity, don't pretend
otherwise one notes that Fidel had Camilo Cienfuegos, who was an anti communist batista opponent killed, he had Huber Matos jailed for a lifetime he was released after 20 years,

n.n said...

Van Jones's "mortal enemy" description of the abortive ideation entertained by the DEIst assassin in the woke of Kirk's abortion, Planned Personhood, is an apt characterization of our social progress and cultural division. A handmade tale fit for publication: To abort a "burden", a wicked solution.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

"...why would Jones paint himself as one of them?"

Because it could be heard by Jone's audience as calling Kirk a racist, without Jones appearing to directly call Kirk a racist. This trick might be less difficult than it appears, considering how immerse certain elements of the left is, in racial politics. They even have a name for this 'tactic', they sometimes accuse they accuse the right of using; blowing a dog whistle.

n.n said...

Is Van Jones's sympathy? Or empathy? Sincere, or, ironically, a simulation generated by Anthropogenic Intelligence (AI)? Time will tell.

wendybar said...

And yet, the crazy left wing terrorists are still gunning down people and places. You would think they were the ones pissed off that one of their good guys was assassinated by a tranny loving leftist....
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/09/media-hides-that-nashua-nh-shooter-shouted-free-palestine/

https://twitchy.com/eric-v/2025/09/21/path-to-violence-data-republican-connects-abc-shooter-to-leftist-rhetoric-n2419278

Leora said...

I remember thinking that Van Jones (like Rahm Emmanuel) shows glimmers of sanity rare for committed Democrats on other occasions.

Disparity of Cult said...

Agreed, Hassayamper.

Johnny Cash - "I am not a Christian artist. I am an artist who is a Christian."

gspencer said...

at 8:59, "CHarlie Kirk didn't have a mortal enemy."

Well, obviously he did.

Prof. M. Drout said...

I think a lot of people use "mortal enemy" as a sloppy idiom for "#1 enemy," the enemy someone is most worried about, fears the most, etc., and I think Jones men "mortal enemy" that way.
In doing so, Jones is consistent with the narcissistic political pathology of believing that a given opponent is obsessed with him specifically. The internet had made this much worse or at least more widespread, but it's been around for a long time: P.J. O'Rourke noted that he used to tell people that "Nixon is out to get me" because of things O'Rourke published in utterly obscure publications in the '60s. Van Jones elevating himself to Kirk's number one enemy is not quite as ridiculous . . . but it's close.

narciso said...

yes Charlie probably didn't think much of Van Jones, as he might of Michael Eric Dyson,

Mason G said...

"Well, obviously he did."

Based on the numerous video clips available for viewing on the intertubes, he had more than one.

john mosby said...

I would have liked to see Anderson Cooper talk with Charlie (z''l). Really debate the pluses and minuses of the gay lifestyle and surrogate child-bearing, in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Kirk (pbuh) would have started out with something like "no, I'm not trying to judge you - there's only one Judge, and I'm not Him; I'm trying to say there's one best way for people to love each other and build families, and I am prepared to say why it's best, even without any religious justification. And I want to hear what makes your way of life work for you." Yes, I'm sure Anderson would just have fallen back on "I don't have to justify myself to you or anyone." CC, JSM

Iman said...

“I remember thinking that Van Jones (like Rahm Emmanuel) shows glimmers of sanity rare for committed Democrats on other occasions”

They could use all of the glimmers they can get, as they are sadly deficient.

Iman said...

I’d say truckloads of glimmers would be beneficial to these clowns.

Maynard said...

Igna knows hysteria because she is a textbook case.

Disparity of Cult said...

Metatron agrees with Shoe0nHead, "These People Are Sick"

https://youtu.be/1NC4tc3XA5E?feature=shared

Peachy said...

The left cannot debate.

They can only surround themselves with like minded demons.
And Soviet CBS types who alter their own vapid stupidity and evilness ala Kamala.

Peachy said...

Inga - you are a liar. You worship your corrupt party - above all else.

Peachy said...

Inga does not understand the the evil lies and hate that constantly flow from her corrupt political party deity - are weaker than Truth.

There is good in this world - despite the liars.

Peachy said...

inga - still waiting for you to point out the violent inspiring words in Trump's Jan 6th speech.

Or you can just admit you lied.

Jamie said...

I seem to recall that Van Jones, after the Fateful Debate, was the only one on the CNN panel who spoke aloud what we were all thinking: in essence, what a disaster.

After that night, I was caught up in the fast flow of events and didn't follow whether he continued to speak the truth. I suspect not, because of this segment here: it appears that maybe he can be caught off-guard and speak unguardedly, in the moment, but it doesn't have a lasting effect on his convictions.

Original Mike said...

There is good in this world. If this had been the left, they'd be burning the place down.

Peachy said...

O-Mike

Like this? this is the modern Democratic Party.

No debate - just complete hell.

Original Mike said...

Like that.

M Jordan said...

“Both sides do it!” (Clap clap clap-clap-clap)

“Both sides do it!” (Clap clap clap-clap-clap)

“Both sides do it!” (Clap clap clap-clap-clap)

Achilles said...


Inga said...

“So far, "the right" has not exacted an eye for an eye.”

“If we were half as authoritarian as they constantly bleat they would all be dead or in jail at this point.”

You are more than half as authoritarian, but thankfully don’t have the power to kill or jail half of the US.

You are clearly too stupid to see how many people have seen who you really are and how revolted they are by you.

The current Democrat Party represents about 30% of the country at most and they drew about 40% of independents in the last election for a 45% total. About 2/3rds of that were out dancing in the streets and the other 1/3rd are like Van Jones and they realize the Abyss is staring back at them right now.

They realize if the stupid people like Inga keep dancing and celebrating murder it will end with people like Ilhan Omar being deported right back to Somalia where she belongs.

AOC gave an illuminating speech about why she couldn't honor Charlie Kirk. 58 Democrats were stupid enough to step on that rake. They just highlighted the difference between the Trump supporters and the Democrat Party.

The Democrat Party openly embraces hate and violence. Always have. Always will.

EAB said...

Oh, Inga… I’m on the right. My family is on the left. They’re the ones hysterical and filled with hyperbole. Have been for years. I’m often stunned by the crazy and outright mean things they say. I couldn’t care less about criticisms of Trump…there’s plenty to criticize. What I can’t stand is their inability to be critical of their tribe.
Van Jones’ comment with “mortal enemy” shows a lack of understanding of Kirk and Christians in general. He may consider people mortal enemies. I’d criticize any Christian using that terminology. It’s anathema.

Inga said...

“The current Democrat Party represents about 30% of the country at most and they drew about 40% of independents in the last election for a 45% total.”

Wrong again…

“As of mid-2025, about 45–46% of American adults identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, which is roughly on par with or slightly ahead of the percentage of those who affiliate with the Republican Party.

Key findings from recent polling

Pew Research Center (July 2025): 45% of Americans identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, while 46% identify with or lean toward the Republican Party. These percentages are based on a July 2025 fact sheet.

Gallup (July 2025): In the second quarter of 2025, 46% of U.S. adults were identified as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents. This edged out the 43% who were Republicans or Republican-leaning.

USA Facts (August 2025): Approximately 44.1 million voters are officially registered as Democrats, compared to 37.4 million registered Republicans.”

Disparity of Cult said...

Clipboard paste for the win!!

bagoh20 said...

So much of this mess is simply people CHOOSING to imagine that a made up personality based in stereotypes is the real person, even when they have the real person available to see, hear and even touch. That's the problem creating all the hate of Kirk, Trump, and MAGA. It's all made up, imaginary and by choice, and no I'm not doing the same thing in reverse.
Now, which came first, the hate or the imaginary person?

bagoh20 said...

MAGA, Trump, and Kirk are not Republicans. There is an association, but they are not much more fond of Republicans than they are Democrats. Lesser of two swamps.

bagoh20 said...

People on the left can't understand how someone can truly love another person who disagrees with them on serious issues. That's why they so easily abandon friends, and family members who do. We are not the same.

Peachy said...

Inag is here to worship and defend her evil terrorist-inspiring party. Her party comes first.

Peachy said...

This is your party, Inga.

Peachy said...

Again- Democrats in their leftist churches - worship their party first.

GRW3 said...

Van Jones is the kind smart, erudite Black man that the Democrats usually eschew.

Jim at said...

people on both sides are justifying murders

Hortman resolution: 424-0
Kirk resolution: 310-58-38-26

It's not 'both sides', sir.

Mason G said...

"It's not 'both sides', sir."

Just another lie that they tell themselves. What's one more, anyway?

Hassayamper said...

Inga seems rather smug that Democrat vs Republican identification is roughly at parity. But for most of my adult life the Democrats have held a 5-10 point advantage on that metric. As recently as 2006, they held a 12-point lead in the Gallup poll.

As the girl-bosses and cat ladies and confused trans weirdos of the Left continue to fail to reproduce themselves, the baby-loving Right will take an unchallengeable lead.

Achilles said...


”As of mid-2025, about 45–46% of American adults identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, which is roughly on par with or slightly ahead of the percentage of those who affiliate with the Republican Party.

You would be stupid enough to believe those corporate push polls in a country Trump won the popular vote in.

Millions of democrat voters have self deported since then too.

Mason G said...

"You would be stupid enough to believe..."

Look who you're talking to.

Michael said...

Easy people, it’s a phrase. The Yankees and the Red Sox are mortal enemies in baseball but no one wants to kill anybody.

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