'The Darker Parts in the Party': Van Jones Says Walz Pick Appeals to ‘Anti-Jewish Bigots’ in the Democratic Party [Watch]

Political analyst Van Jones stopped by CNN Newsroom on Tuesday to offer his take on Kamala Harris selecting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate instead of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

Jones suggested that selecting Walz over Shapiro, who is Jewish, appeals to the “darker” and anti-semitic parts of the party.

On the one hand, you have a lot of young people who are concerned about Gaza. You have a lot of Muslims and Arabs and others, they have not felt seen by the Biden administration. You started hearing that genocide joke, that was building that was building and so those folks needed to have a candidate that they could feel comfortable with. This helps him in that regard.

But you also have anti-Semitism that has gotten marbled into this party. You can be for the Palestinians without being an anti-Jewish bigot. But there are some anti-Jewish bigots out there and there’s some disquiet now and there has to be. How much of what just happened is caving into some of these darker parts in the party? So that’s going to have to get worked out. It’s going to have to get talked through.

Watch the clip below:

Van Jones admits that Kamala picking Walz was her "caving in to some of these darker parts in the party" in terms of appeasing "anti-Jewish bigots" that have "gotten marbled into this party." pic.twitter.com/UTspmYkFfF

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