Van Jones – communist, racist, 9/11 truther, supporter of cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, and black nationalist – resigned from his white house position as Green Jobs Czar late Saturday night.
From the Washington Post:
White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of controversy stemming from his past activism.
“On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,” Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. “They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide.”
He continued: “I have been inundated with calls — from across the political spectrum — urging me to ‘stay and fight.’ But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.”
True to form, Jones portrays himself as the victim of a ‘vicious smear campaign‘. NBC news, who has managed to go weeks without addressing the Jones controversy at all, issued a report this morning pretty much blaming the GOP, and ignoring the true nature of Jones’ problems:
Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns After GOP Attacks
President Obama‘s environmental adviser Van Jones resigned from his post late Saturday evening after he came under fire for a series of inflammatory statements he made about Republicans, the White House said early Sunday morning.
The comments on this NBC piece are priceless.
The resignation of Van Jones is a small but important victory for the American people, and should be a clear signal to the Obama administration that their free ride is over.
Glenn Beck and Jim Hoft (Gateway Pundit) have been at the forefront of the Van Jones investigation and deserve much of the credit for taking down this despicable man.
We are making a difference, but there’s still a long way to go and a lot of work to be done. Stay strong, stay vigilant, and we will win this thing.
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-Cnation
Okay, if he didn’t want to “resign”, then he was fired. And of course he was fired. Fired by a floundering, out of his element figurehead who just caved to a small degree on a manifesto he’s attempting to Orwell into the schools next week.
Looks like O’booboo takes two decent bitch slaps this week.