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Van Jones: For some people, those inflammatory comments were delightful. I would say those people are probably bigots. For a lot of…

On the recordDecember 1, 2016
For some people, those inflammatory comments were delightful. I would say those people are probably bigots. For a lot of people they were distasteful, but they weren't disqualifying.
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Van Jones

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Jones explains the varied reactions of Trump voters to his controversial remarks.

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