Coupla bros sittin’ around talkin’
by digby
Yesterday CNN’s Van Jones held a happy-talk interview with the elusive Jared Kushner. Since he rarely gives interviews it should have been a good opportunity to ask him some hard questions and follow-up closely. He’s a very important person and he’s only accountable to Donald Trump.
Jones asked him how he got his job. Not kidding:
Van Jones interview Kushner at "Citizen by CNN" event starting now. Jones asks, "How did you get this job? You have like the dopest job in the world, the secretary of everything…how did you wind up in this position?"— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 22, 2018
He did not answer, “by marrying the boss’s daughter,” but that’s the fact. Everyone in the world knows this. It’s the dumbest question on earth.
It didn’t get any better. But you have to love this one which wasn’t followed up:
When Mr. Jones noted that even Mr. Trump had said that there had been “deception” and “lies” from the Saudis in relation to the Khashoggi case, Mr. Kushner offered a more muted response.
“We’re getting facts in from multiple places,” he said. “Once those facts come in, the secretary of state will work with our national security team to help us determine what we want to believe.”
I’m sure they will.
Jones defended his interview saying:
“I thought it was important to challenge him, but I really wanted to make sure that he was able to explain himself without having to defend himself on everything. Because when you get somebody like that talking, sometimes it’s good to just let them talk,” Jones said.
“People on Twitter are saying, ‘Cut him off, beat him up.’ I’m like, this is the first time you’re hearing him say something. You want me to stop him from saying something? I think he should say something.”
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