Van Jones Tells David Urban He’s ‘Trying Not to Vomit’ After He Heaps Praises for Trump

COOPER: “David, have you bought the merch?”
URBAN: “(Laughs) I love the merch. I love it.”
COOPER: “Or drank the kool-aid, either one.”
URBAN: “Listen, I noticed I‘m the only one smiling. Van‘s crying over there in the corner. I see him — like, Alyssa’s sick to her stomach. I‘m the only one laughing. Listen, as Alyssa — “
FARAH GRIFFIN: “I’m pregnant. (Laughs)”
URBAN: “ — as Alyssa correctly points out, you know, Steve Bannon mysteriously talks about, ‘We‘ve got this plan.’ I don‘t know what kind of plan you could have. I mean, you either amend the Constitution, right? You could challenge it in court, as you say, Toobin says correctly. You know, the law, the Constitution is what the justices say it is. But it seems pretty clear. And Trump himself seems to, you know, on Air Force One, on the flight, you know, points to the — the rivalry which he is creating between Marco Rubio in that video right there, the rivalry he is creating between Marco Rubio and his Vice President J.D. He‘s always said, ‘Look, Rubio is really great. He‘d be great. Oh, maybe. And J.D. is great too. They‘d both be great. I don‘t know who would get in a primary. Maybe they should run together, right?’ I mean, he‘s kind of teasing a primary between the two of those guys. And listen, let no one be fooled to think that Donald Trump is going anywhere. He may not be president, but he‘s going to be sitting at Bedminster or in Palm Beach. Can you imagine if you are President J.D. Vance and every day you wake up to a slew of Truth Social posts and tweets about Donald Trump reviewing your performance from the night before? Trump will remain large on the stage in American politics and global politics until he does not remain anymore. I mean, the guy is the Colossus at Rhodes and will remain that way.”
COOPER: “Van, how seriously do you take these comments?”
Jones: “I‘m sorry, I‘m trying not to vomit on the air. Listen, Urban, look, I — “
COOPER: “Are you envisioning the Colossus of Rhodes?”
(Laughter)
Jones: “Just the whole thing, man.”
COOPER: “Yeah.”
Jones: “But, look, I take it seriously just because there doesn‘t seem to be very much respect for the Constitution, for rule of law, from this White House and from his people.”