James O’Keefe Leaks New Video Targeting Van Jones — And Twitter is Divided
Conservative provocateur James O’Keefe was back at it again Wednesday with a new video, a day after he released a tape of a CNN health producer bemoaning media coverage of the Russia investigation.
O’Keefe, whose imprint Project Veritas specializes in surreptitiously filming his enemies and editing the videos to give the appearance of impropriety, released on Wednesday a video of CNN commentator Van Jones questioning the merits of Russia coverage.
The video, which you can watch above, features O’Keefe approaching Jones in the street and asking him about “the whole Russia thing,” to which Jones responds “the Russia thing is just a big nothing-burger.”
He also adds “there’s nothing there you can do.”
The more sober corners of Twitter pointed out that Jones’ comments are not given context, don’t do much to undermine CNN’s credibility, and are not out of step with the commentators previous remarks — in other words, his nothing-burger comments are something of a, wait for it, nothing-burger (please clap):
That’s the whole quote, pretty much. Jones adds “There’s nothing there you can do.” That’s the whole thing. The opinion of a contributor.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) June 28, 2017
Video of @VanJones68 saying pretty much the same thing on the record that they “caught” him saying in sting ? https://t.co/9GbkRaMRP1 https://t.co/UzJb4wg0jh
— Matt Wilstein (@mattwilstein) June 28, 2017
Yeah, I think it looks bad for Jones, but a reeeal stretch to say it reflect poorly on CNN
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 28, 2017
O’Keefe’s scoop about CNN from Bonifield was truly solid stuff. This Van Jones hit is really flimsy. (1)
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 28, 2017
Meaning that he can think no evidence has yet emerged, making it a nothingburger. But that doesn’t contradict what he said in December. (3)
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 28, 2017
Meanwhile, over in the Twitter MAGA-sphere, pro-Trump commentators took to social media to celebrate the latest damning evidence that the Russia story is a fabrication of the biased mainstream media — with Mike Cernovich leading the charge:
Van Jones: Russia is “Nothing burger”– American Pravda: CNN Part 2 https://t.co/SIGnAMHDHu
— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 28, 2017
It’s not looking good for CNN. @realDonaldTrump was right when he called this a witch hunt. https://t.co/7D1ivbcTDv
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) June 28, 2017
Project Veritas @JamesOKeefeIII Delivers Second Brutal Blow to CNN, Exposes Van Jones – Big League Politics https://t.co/KN9oEgoP0L
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) June 28, 2017
CNN’s Van Jones ADMITS Russia-Trump collusion story is a “big nothing burger”
Their entire narrative is collapsing. https://t.co/FXdWHlKxMs pic.twitter.com/C0XSm9Rujy
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) June 28, 2017
According to Van Jones who works for CNN; the Russia Story is a: “Nothing Burger
#FakeNews #VeryFakeNews
https://t.co/Ma4NnRred9— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) June 28, 2017
CNN’s Van Jones caught on hidden camera admitting Russia is a “big nothing burger!” https://t.co/CovXOFLj0Q #AmericanPravda @VanJones68
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) June 28, 2017
