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Van Jones

Van Jones

Van Jones is a host of CNN's Crossfire. A former environmental and human rights activist, Jones in 2009, served as the "green jobs" adviser to President Barack Obama. He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, The Green Collar Economy (2008) and Rebuild the Dream (2012).  

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Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN:
African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on May 4, 2014 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.
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By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on February 3, 2014 a segment on CNN's "Crossfire":
The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report.
True
By Katie Sanders • February 10, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on November 3, 2013 a panel on ABC's "This Week":
"Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 3, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013
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