Where are the self-righteous Hollywood celebrities and the "principled" Democrats now?
Leah Barkoukis "Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones, who recently backed President Trump for re-election, resigned Wednesday after being harassed by his fellow Democrats.
“ 'Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation,” the black lawmaker said in a statement. "Someone else can occupy that suite. Therefore, I intend not to complete my term effective April 22, 2020."
"Jones said that while he plans to help re-elect President Trump, he will do so while remaining in the Democratic Party.
" 'I don’t plan to leave the Democratic Party because somebody’s got to be in there to hold them accountable — hold them accountable to how they are treating black people (and) root out the bigotry,” Jones said on “The Rashad Richey Morning Show.”
In his decision to come out in support of the president, Jones pointed to Trump’s handling of the economy and low level of unemployment among African Americans (prior to the pandemic), as well as his efforts on criminal justice reform and support for historically black colleges and universities. On Twitter, Jones said members of his party aren't even interested in hearing why he's supporting the president.
What happened to Jones is consistent with what happened to many conservatives when Trump was elected — their so-called "liberal" friends proved not to be liberal at all, but to be leftists, and, in the spirit of true leftism, they rejected as a friend anyone who supported Trump.Jones is unbowed by the experience. Indeed, he intends to remain a Democrat in the hope that he can help the party become better:
. . . "In a pre-Photoshop era, Stalin famously had photographers use hand-drawing techniques to remove people from photographs. The best known example is that of Stalin with Nikolai Yezhov, onetime head of Stalin's secret police. Despite Yezhov's having loyally carried out thousands of arrests and executions, when Stalin executed Yezhov, he also erased Yezhov from history:" . . .
Leah Barkoukis "Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones, who recently backed President Trump for re-election, resigned Wednesday after being harassed by his fellow Democrats.
“ 'Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation,” the black lawmaker said in a statement. "Someone else can occupy that suite. Therefore, I intend not to complete my term effective April 22, 2020."
"Jones said that while he plans to help re-elect President Trump, he will do so while remaining in the Democratic Party.
" 'I don’t plan to leave the Democratic Party because somebody’s got to be in there to hold them accountable — hold them accountable to how they are treating black people (and) root out the bigotry,” Jones said on “The Rashad Richey Morning Show.”
"The former lawmaker said he is “sick and tired of me and my family being attacked and harassed by the Democrat Party for putting my country before my party,” journalist Hayley Mason reported." . . .
I’ve seen more Democrats attack me for my decision to endorse @realDonaldTrump than ask me why. They’ve used and abused folks in my community for far too long, taking our votes for granted. Black Americans are waking up. An uprising is near.
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