Van Jones says phone ‘blowing up’ after saying democratic socialists ‘going too far’

Liberal pundit Van Jones said Monday that his phone has been “blowing up” with praise from lawmakers and government officials from both parties after he took a swing at democratic socialists online.

In a post on the social platform X Saturday, Jones said that “some people in groups like the [Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)] are pushing an agenda FAR outside” left-wing positions like Medicare for All and criminal justice reform.

“Supporting Hamas is not progressive. ‘No police, no prisons, no borders’ is not progressive. Celebrating the murder of Israeli civilians is not progressive. These ideas are REGRESSIVE,” Jones added in his Saturday post.

During an appearance on CNN’s “OutFront” on Monday, Jones told host Erin Burnett that “this phone........

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