Van Jones Claims Radicalism Behind Him

Van Jones Claims Radicalism Behind Him: Van Jones' radicalism is a thing of the past. That's what he claimed yesterday on Soledad O'Brien's show. Jones was there to promote his book, Rebuild the Dream, but things became a bit testy on set when Jones was confronted by CNN contributor Will Cain:

Will Cain: You said you flirted with socialism, communism, various aspects. What I'm curious about is when you were inside, you were part of this administration. How much does your ideology reflect the ideology of the administration?

JONES: Well, first of all, it's funny. The reason I wrote the book is because, you know, people like this had such a great job of smearing me and lying about what my ideas are...

But Jones wanted to make clear that all of his radicalism was in his past:

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