In a stunning moment of honesty, CNN's Van Jones just admitted what we all suspected: Democrats are willing to sacrifice Americans' safety and convenience to protect illegal immigrants from deportation. Speaking on CNN NewsNight Monday, the liberal commentator urged his party to "stick to their guns" on shutting down the Department of Homeland Security because ICE's deportation efforts are "a lot more inconvenient" than airport delays.
Let that sink in, patriots. According to Van Jones and the radical left, deporting criminal illegals who have broken our laws is somehow worse than grinding our nation's airports to a halt and leaving Americans stranded.
This is the same Van Jones who spent years lecturing Americans about "compassion" and "unity," now openly advocating for government shutdowns that would directly harm law-abiding citizens. But when it comes to protecting foreign nationals who entered our country illegally? Suddenly every inconvenience to Americans is acceptable.
The Left's Twisted Priorities on Full Display
Jones's comments perfectly encapsulate the warped worldview of today's Democratic Party. They'll move heaven and earth to obstruct President Trump's promise to secure our borders and remove those who have no right to be here, even if it means weaponizing government shutdowns against the American people.
"Democrats have to stick to their guns because, as inconvenient as it is in an airport, it's a lot more inconvenient to have ICE" conducting deportations, Jones declared on national television.
Translation: Your family's vacation plans, business trips, and emergency travel needs don't matter. What matters is ensuring that people who violated our immigration laws face zero consequences for their actions.
This is exactly why Trump won in a landslide. Americans are fed up with politicians who put illegal immigrants ahead of their own constituents. While Democrats scheme to paralyze DHS and create chaos at airports, President Trump is delivering on his promise to restore law and order to our immigration system.
The question every American should be asking: If Democrats are willing to shut down homeland security to protect illegal immigrants, what else are they willing to sacrifice? And how much more evidence do we need that the radical left has completely abandoned the interests of the American people?