{"id":79198,"date":"2018-11-02T00:58:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aone.la\/?p=79198"},"modified":"2022-05-10T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T20:26:42","slug":"time-magazine-features-be-woke-votes-messy-truth-with-van-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aone.la\/creative\/time-magazine-features-be-woke-votes-messy-truth-with-van-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Magazine Features Be Woke.Vote’s Messy Truth with Van Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row unlock_row=”” row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_height_use_pixel=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”503162″][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ zoom_width=”0″ zoom_height=”0″ column_width_pixel=”800″ uncode_shortcode_id=”983045″][uncode_breadcrumbs text_lead=”small”][vc_custom_heading auto_text=”yes” heading_semantic=”h1″ text_font=”font-996878″ text_size=”h3″ text_weight=”800″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_height=”fontheight-147372″ text_space=”fontspace-204076″ text_uppercase=””]Take your time.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=”79206″ media_lightbox=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center” shadow=”yes” shadow_weight=”std”][uncode_info_box items=”Date”][vc_column_text text_lead=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”174212″]Comedian Jamie Foxx recently sat down with CNN commentator Van Jones for his \u201cBe Woke.Vote\u201d series<\/a> to discuss the importance of voting and leading by example.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Foxx discussed what it feels like being black in America during Donald Trump\u2019s presidency and told Jones he feels disheartened that his children can\u2019t look up to the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing that disheartens me is when it comes to my kids,\u201d Foxx said. \u201cWhen I see grown people talking that way in that position, it hurts the kids because being President, yeah it\u2019s great, it makes you feel good, but the one thing you could count on was the moral compass. I could always look to the President to know he is going to say and do the right things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foxx said he feels the President rips the nation apart instead of healing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSay the economy is doing a little better, but you rip us apart so we can\u2019t even have a conversation right now, that\u2019s the disheartening part,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where I think, not only do we vote, but we put pressure on the people who are supposed to be doing it. What can you do to actually heal it a little bit?\u201d<\/p>\n

Foxx added that he wished the Democrats would come together.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats are like R&B singers, they gotta sing lead,\u201d he said. \u201cYou never saw Obama with Clinton, they never came together if you think about it. You had all of these opportunities to come together. I remember when Obama won, I thought it would be great if Obama, Bill Clinton and all of the Democrats did a nice cover for TIME magazine. No. Republicans, they sing in a choir, they don\u2019t necessarily sing in tune but they sing loud and they all know the words.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_lead=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”177339″]Created by: Hyper Engine LLC.
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