Van Jones calls Ron DeSantis’ quip about Elon Musk ‘very good’

Left-leaning CNN political analyst Van Jones praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday for what he described as a “very good” response to billionaire Elon Musk’s tweet expressing potential assist for the governor within the 2024 presidential election cycle.

Jones weighed in after CNN aired a clip of DeSantis’ response to a tweet through which Musk mentioned he was leaning towards backing the Florida governor if he runs for president in 2024. The South Africa native additionally famous that he supported Andrew Yang through the 2020 election however “DeSantis has a greater likelihood of successful.”

 “So what I’d say, you realize, I’m centered on 2022, however with Elon Musk, what I’d say is, you realize, I welcome assist from African-People. What can I say?” DeSantis mentioned at a press convention, drawing some laughter from the gang.

Musk, 50, was born in Pretoria and moved to Canada as a teen earlier than finally relocating to the US. CNN “New Day” co-anchor Brianna Keilar famous that DeSantis’ quip “might need gone over the top of some individuals,” who didn’t learn about Musk’s South African roots.

Jones agreed and mentioned DeSantis’ response was a savvy technique of capitalizing on Musk’s unsolicited endorsement.

“Once more, individuals assume that everyone from Africa is black,” Jones mentioned. “Elon Musk is a white South African who got here to the US, so he’s form of teasing.”

“However what he’s actually doing is protecting that story within the information cycle. This man could be very, very good about protecting us speaking about him, DeSantis,” Jones added. “And when the richest man on the earth says one thing about you and then you definately say one thing humorous, it retains his title within the information cycle. This man has realized quite a bit from Donald Trump.”

Mediaite was first to cowl Jones’ remarks.

Jones’ reward for DeSantis got here as CNN’s new leaders push for a shift towards much less partisan protection on the historically liberal-minded community.  New CNN President Chris Licht is reportedly monitoring the community’s anchors and personalities to see who can adhere to the change – with those that can’t probably being dismissed.

An instance of CNN’s new path was reportedly on show this week, when Licht knowledgeable high producers that he would favor in the event that they didn’t consult with Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen as “the large lie,” Mediaite reported.

In the meantime, Musk’s assist for DeSantis is the most recent signal of his latest willingness to talk overtly about his political beliefs.

Musk predicted a “large pink wave” within the 2022 midterm elections and revealed he had solid his first-ever vote in favor of a Republican candidate whereas backing Mayra Flores within the particular election for Texas’s thirty fourth Congressional District.

The billionaire mentioned he shifted his allegiance to the Repubican occasion attributable to an more and more far-left skew within the Democratic Occasion.

“Previously I voted Democrat, as a result of they had been (principally) the kindness occasion,” Musk mentioned. “However they’ve grow to be the occasion of division & hate, so I can now not assist them and can vote Republican,” Musk mentioned final month.