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Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 in a panel discussion on CNN:

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016
Van Jones
stated on May 4, 2014 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":

In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.

By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2014
Van Jones
stated on February 3, 2014 in a segment on CNN's "Crossfire":

The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report.

By Katie Sanders • February 10, 2014
Van Jones
stated on November 3, 2013 in a panel on ABC's "This Week":

"Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.

By Katie Sanders • November 3, 2013
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":

"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."

By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":

The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013

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