CNN Guest Calls Sanders A ‘79,000-Year-Old Muppet-Looking Socialist’ (VIDEO)

Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

Liberal commentator Van Jones called Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) a “muppet-haired socialist” while praising him for his performance in the Iowa caucuses during a Tuesday appearance on CNN.

Host Brooke Baldwin asked Jones to explain whether he thought Sanders’ loss to Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses by a whisper-thin margin constituted a good showing or not.

“I’m in the camp that says anybody who is a 79,000 year-old, Muppet-looking socialist–” Jones said as Baldwin scoffed.

Jones laughed and attempted to clarify his statement.

“I love Bernie Sanders!” he said. “Anybody like that who comes within a hair of beating the Clintons, that let’s you know there’s something’s going on just beyond the candidate.”

Watch below:

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Van, one day you too will be old and kids with disparage your age. And your supposed infirmities. Get ready for it now would be my suggestion. And there’s nothing wrong with being a socialist either. In fact I might vote for Bernie just to spite you.

    Harrumpff
    Oh, and get off my lawn

  2. “I’m in the camp that says anybody who is a 79,000 year-old, Muppet-looking socialist–” Jones said as Baldwin scoffed.
    “I love Bernie Sanders!” he said. “Anybody like that who comes within a hair of beating the Clintons, that let’s you know there’s something’s going on just beyond the candidate.”

    I sometimes think all black folks have a unique and wonderful gift of being able to clown the people we love and like the most. Love or hate Sanders, that’s pretty hilarious.

  3. Avatar for meri meri says:

    Man, I’m just glad it’s OK to make fun of white males still.

    Anyways, it’s not like it’s exactly an inaccurate comment.

  4. Yeah Van, it’s a bad look…

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

62 more replies

Participants

Avatar for doremus_jessup Avatar for lestatdelc Avatar for xpurg8d Avatar for austin_dave Avatar for pluckyinky Avatar for richardinjax Avatar for littlegirlblue Avatar for meri Avatar for tflick Avatar for pickwick Avatar for leftflank Avatar for humpback Avatar for djnoll Avatar for chammy Avatar for red_cabbage Avatar for steviedee111 Avatar for voreason Avatar for bradbennett Avatar for ralph_vonholst Avatar for stephen_maturin Avatar for dickweed Avatar for darrtown Avatar for kleah51 Avatar for professorpoopypants

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: