‘Those People Will Pay The Price’: Van Jones Somberly Bemoans Fate Of Minorities As Trump Appears Poised For Victory

CNN’s Van Jones on Tuesday emotionally warned that minority groups will suffer if Vice President Kamala Harris loses to former President Donald Trump.

Trump has currently secured 247 of the requisite 270 electoral votes needed to win, while Harris holds 210, according to The Associated Press. Jones, on CNN’s “Election in America,” said black women, the parents of transgender individuals and illegal immigrants would “pay the price for whatever Donald Trump decides to do” if he reclaims the White House.

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“I’m thinking about the people who are not a part of anybody’s elite who are hurting tonight. There are African-American women who know a little bit about being talked down to. And know a little bit about having their economic dreams crushed. Who tried to dream a big dream over the past couple months. And tonight, they’re trading in a lot of hope for a lot of hurt,” Jones said. “And they were hoping that maybe this time, this time, one of their own could be seen as worthy. And, once again, they’re facing rejection and that hurts. They thought tomorrow morning they’re going to walk out with their shoulders back a little bit. They’d be able to breathe for the first time and feel like they belong someplace.”

“They did everything that they knew how to do. And it is going to be harder than it should be tomorrow for them to hold their heads up. And they‘re not the only people who are hurting tonight. If you’re a parent of a trans kid, your child’s face was used as a springboard to power for somebody. That doesn’t feel good,” he continued. “There are going to be people tomorrow who are going to be handing clothes at the dry cleaners to people who don’t have papers. There are going to be people who are going to be cleaning your teeth tomorrow who don’t have papers. And they are terrified tonight. It’s not the elites that’s going to pay the price. It’s the people who woke up this morning with a dream and are going to bed with a nightmare. And those people deserve to be respected and held and talked to. Those are the people that are going to pay the price for whatever Donald Trump decides to do.”

Jones on Monday expressed anxiety about Harris’ prospects against Trump in Pennsylvania, a state Fox News has now projected that the former president will win.