Van Jones “resigns” amid 9/11 controversial petition
Van Jones is now the former Green Jobs Special Advisor for the Obama Administration, resigning today amid the controversial 9/11 petition. No matter which way you slice it, Van Jones had made himself untenable. Either he believes in the conspiracy that 9/11 was an inside job by George W. Bush to soften public opinion for a war in Iraq, or he can’t read, because he signed the 2004 petition.
CNN reports, the White House issued a statement late Saturday saying that Jones was giving up his post at the Council on Environmental Quality…(and) asked last week whether Obama still had confidence in Jones, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs would only say that Jones continued to work for the administration. That response was considered a signal that Jones might have to step down.
The Huffington Post adds, after the resignation, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama did not endorse Van Jones’ comments but thanked him for his service. ”What Van Jones decided was that the agenda of this president was bigger than any one individual,” said Gibbs. The president thanks Jones for his work and accepted his resignation, Gibbs said, adding that Jones “understood he was going to get in the way,” by becoming a liability to the administration.
