Galedra
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“"Guys, can we cut it out? Donald Trump is not an idiot. Let me just be very clear. Donald Trump is smarter than me, you, and all of his critics. You know how I know? Because he has the White House…”
The whole text (124 words)
"Guys, can we cut it out? Donald Trump is not an idiot. Let me just be very clear. Donald Trump is smarter than me, you, and all of his critics. You know how I know? Because he has the White House, the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court, the popular vote. He has a massive media ecosystem bigger than the mainstream built around him and for him, and a religious fervor in a political movement around him. And his best buddy is the richest person in the history of the world, and the most relevant Kennedy is with him. This dude is a phenomenon. He is the most powerful human on earth and in our lifetime.... We look like idiots." — CNN's Van Jones
Checks out so far. 3 hold up so far.
0.7734 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together. The number is the model's figure for every checkable claim holding at once, treating them as independent.
The statement as a whole, read from the 3 claims below. Each claim is scored on its own; this reading only counts them. Provisional until audited.
Review 58% done · 58% counted in review coverage (3 claims, 12 checks)Share:
Checked in Galedra: score 0.77, mostly supported · not yet reviewed by anyone else “"Guys, can we cut it out? Donald Trump is not an idiot. Let me just be very clear. Donald Trump is smarter than me, you, and all of his critics. You know how I know? Because he has the White House…” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0c33f-de63-77eb-a677-e15088dd8b6a
Claim by claim
“Van Jones made the remarks attributed to him in the meme during a December 2024 interview with Chris Cillizza.”
Supported · 0.9955 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 2 of 4 · provisional until audited.
2 of 4 review checks done · 2 counted
“The meme compresses the interview into a continuous Van Jones quotation even though Chris Cillizza interjected between 'the House' and 'the Supreme Court.'”
Supported · 0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 2 of 4 · provisional until audited.
2 of 4 review checks done · 2 counted
“Van Jones was a CNN political commentator in 2024.”
Supported · 0.9054 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 3 of 4 · provisional until audited.
3 of 4 review checks done · 3 counted
Sources read
- Van Jones: Democrats Relied On Mainstream Media Beating The Hell Out Of Trump, The Media Is Now The Fringe · https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/16/van_jones_democrats_relied_on_mainstream_media_beating_the_hell_out_of_trump_the_media_is_now_the_fringe.html
- THE SEARCH: We don't exactly agree with Van Jones! · https://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-search-we-dont-exactly-agree-with.html
- CNN’s Van Jones Reports in “What Happened to Tennessee? The Battle of Blue and Red” · https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2024/02/26/cnns-van-jones-reports-in-what-happened-to-tennessee-the-battle-of-blue-and-red-for-the-whole-story-with-anderson-cooper/
- CNN Profiles - Van Jones - CNN Commentator · https://www.cnn.com/profiles/van-jones
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