CNN
Reacting to the scene of former President Donald Trump entering a Manhattan courthouse and turning himself in for arrest on Tuesday, CNN political commentator Van Jones said he took no “joy” in the moment as it showed a “granddad having a very bad day.”
The former Obama administration official, who has faced criticism from the left over his bizarre praise of the ex-president in the past, juxtaposed Trump’s arraignment on charges related to a hush-money scheme with his previous work on criminal justice reform. (Jones secretly helped craft Trump’s so-called police reform initiative while lauding it on TV.)
“You never feel more helpless than in that situation,” he said during CNN’s coverage of the arrest. “The government is bigger than you. The state is bigger than you. You don’t have power and control. You’re looking at people who can control your life. And it’s a very bad feeling, and I think that there’s really nothing to celebrate here, even those of us who are opponents of his politics and his policies.”