CNN’s Van Jones: Obama Has ‘More Enthusiasm’ ‘Than Any Human Ever’

Scott Whitlock | March 1, 2016
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[See NewsBusters for more.] As Super Tuesday election results started to roll in, CNN’s Van Jones rejected any enthusiasm comparison between 2016 Hillary Clinton and then-candidate Barack Obama eight years ago. After Michael Smerconish noted that Clinton has a problem firing up voters, Van Jones shot back, “I just think with regard to Sanders, I don't think he's saying he has more enthusiasm than Barack Obama in 2008.” Jones gushed, “There was more enthusiasm for Barack Obama in 2008 than for any human ever except maybe Elvis and Michael Jackson.” This isn’t a new assessment for the CNN analyst. On February 1, he fawned, “ Barack Obama is probably the coolest person ever born."    

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