Van Jones: ‘Elon Musk Is a Disgrace’ for Supporting Efforts to Put USAID Workers on Leave

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
SCIUTTO: “Van Jones, I want to get your reaction to something New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote about the effort to dismantle said. He wrote, quote, the world‘s richest man, Elon Musk, is boasting about destroying the United States Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world‘s poorest children, saying he shoved it into the wood chipper. It‘s true. I mean, in the Doge world and extends beyond, they‘re characterizing USAID as just a, you know, just a pot of wasted money that denies a broad part of its message - of its mission here. Are Democrats getting that point across, in your view?”
Jones: “I don‘t know, but I tell you, it‘s beyond cruel. There are people who are going to die in very large numbers because they were counting that the United States made promises, we won‘t let your children die, we won‘t let your children die of HIV, we won‘t let your children die of malaria, you can count on us, we have refrigerators that are keeping that medicine cold for your child. Those refrigerators are in danger of being unplugged all across the world and children will be dying. And people will remember this. And the cruelty, the casual cruelty that is being displayed toward people around the world who believe in this country, who count on this country, who tell China, go away, we, the United States is going to protect us and stand with us. Those are the horror stories rippling around the world. And when you have a bunch of 22-year-old kids running around the federal government having a great time destroying people‘s lives, Americans who‘ve gone to college and whose parents are proud of them, who took jobs in the federal government, everyday heroes who are doctors, who are lawyers, who are trying to help Americans when those people are now afraid tonight they won‘t be able to sleep tonight. They don‘t know if they have a job tomorrow. That‘s not fun. It‘s not funny. Elon Musk is a disgrace and what he‘s doing is unconscionable. It‘s unconscionable.”