Van Jones, a well respected CNN's news commentator responded on Tuesday to President Donald Trump's decision regarding the Philadelphia Eagles. Trump canceled the Philadelphia Eagles' prestigious White House visit over the controversy over standing for the National Anthem at NFL games.
"The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to come to the White House with their full team to be celebrated tomorrow," Trump said in a statement Monday. "They disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country."
Speaking with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, Van Jones expressed how as a ninth generation American he was the first person in his family born with all his rights recognized by this government... "I don't need anybody to tell me what this flag means and what it represents," said Jones.
"People in my family, people who look like me have put blood in the ground, have put martyrs in the dirt in this country to have it be liberty and justice for all," he continued, "[I]t is beyond insulting for people to lecture us about patriotism."
"There is a level of patronizing ... from this White House and from others ... that somehow African Americans are ungrateful, that we somehow don't know what this country is about," he told Chris Cuomo. "We have fought in every war. We have sacrificed more for that Constitution than most people."
Source: cnn.com
