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Van Jones: This guy started out with a very big problem with African-Americans, he really stepped on it, he said that he would have…

On the recordNovember 4, 2014
This guy started out with a very big problem with African-Americans, he really stepped on it, he said that he would have been essentially against Dr. King on the Civil Rights Act of the 1960s, shocked a lot of people.
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Van Jones

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Jones discusses Rand Paul's past comments and their impact on his standing with African-American voters.

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