Thursday, March 28, 2024

Trump Loving Democrat Vernon Jones Resigns Week After Endorsing 45: ‘I Have Left the Plantation’

We don’t know what was going on in (now former) Democratic Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones‘ head when he announced last week that he was endorsing Donald Trump, but would remain in the Democratic party.

On second thought, maybe we should have said we don ‘t know what he may have been smoking or drinking. In any event, it doesn’t matter now ’cause abruptly resigned his seat on Wednesday.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Jones said he would not finish out his term, while also slamming people who criticized him for endorsing the president.

“Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation,” Jones said in a statement. “Someone else can occupy that suite. Therefore, I intend not to complete my term effective April 22, 2020.”

To which – we’re sure – a lot of his (now former colleagues) most likely told him to not let the door hit him on the way out.

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In an interview conducted on The Rashad Richey Morning Show shortly after announcing his resignation, Jones also insisted that he was staying in the Democratic Party despite his endorsement of the president.

“I don’t plan to leave the Democratic Party because somebody’s got to be in there to hold them accountable —hold them accountable to how they are treating black people [and] root out the bigotry,” he said.

Richey described Jones as a “clown” and he hung up on him during a contentious interview.

The AJC also points that was earlier this year, Jones was accused of not living in his district, called a fellow Democratic lawmaker a “chicken (expletive),” and was accused of making transphobic comments to a Doraville City Council member who Jones said tried to draw a comparison between being black and being gay.

“I intend to help the Democrat Party get rid of its bigotry against Black people that are independent and conservative,” Jones said in the statement announcing his resignation. “I endorsed the White guy (Donald J. Trump) that let Blacks out of jail, and they endorsed the White guy (Joe Biden) that put Blacks in jail.”

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