Van Jones: Environmentalists Kept Quiet During BP Oil Spill Because Obama Is A Democrat

Joe Schoffstall | May 16, 2012
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Van Jones admits he along with other environmentalists kept quiet during the BP oil spill because President Obama is in office. He goes on to say if George Bush were still president, or if John McCain were elected, he would have been out there on the front lines protesting.

Jones says:

"I'm critical of myself, first, and the environmentalists. When the oil spill had happened in the spring of 2010, there was another moment to say, 'Hold on a second, let's relook at energy policy in America. Should we be subsidizing companies who are risking our health immediately and in the long-term?'" We didn't do it. You've never seen the environmental movement more quiet during an oil spill. I guarantee you, if John McCain had been President, with that oil spill, or George Bush had been President with that oil spill, I'd have been out there with a sign protesting. I didn't, because of who the President was. Well, that's a bad, uh, uh...that's not good for the earth, it's not good for the cause, it's probably not good for the President. It's certainly not the way we should conduct ourselves. And so, I'm very tough on progressive movements and leaders, including myself, who did not stand on principle, based upon who we looked across and saw as President."

This video was an interview on C-SPAN's BookTV from April 20, 2012.

(h/t Fox Nation)

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