CNN’s Van Jones makes bleak Kamala Harris admission as voters head to polls

Veteran lefty political analyst Van Jones said he is “nervous” about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances at the polls Tuesday — after her campaign focused on out-of-touch celebrity endorsements. Jones, a former special adviser to President Barack Obama, said Harris’ “star-studded” campaign events in the days leading up to the election felt eerily similar to the final days of Hillary Clinton’s failed White House bid in 2016. The political analyst admitted he was skeptical that her final swing-state push, which has featured celebs like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey, will actually convince working-class people to vote blue. Van Jones said he was “nervous” about Harris’ chances of winning the presidency. CNN “The other thing that makes me nervous, in 2016, we had a big star-studded event right on the edge of the election, and we lost the state,” Jones said on CNN Monday. “I don’t think people understand, working people sometimes have to choose. ‘Am I going to go to the big, cool concert and pay for babysitting for that or am I going to figure out a way to get to the polls?’ I don‘t like these big, star-studded events,” he said. Explore More “I don’t want people going to concerts. I want people out there knocking on doors, I want people out there fighting for this thing,” he said. Harris has been campaigning heavily with celebrities, a strategy Jones is concerned won’t pay off on Election Day. REUTERS “I’m just nervous, nervous,” he said. Perry performed with Harris at her campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday. Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Fat Joe and others performed for the Democratic nominee in Philadelphia later that night, where Winfrey also appeared, NBC Philadelphia reported. Trump has been campaigning heavily in Pennsylvania, and publicly celebrated after Harris snubbed state Gov. Josh Shapiro for her VP pick. AP Other artists to perform with Harris on the campaign trail include Bruce Springsteen and rapper Megan Thee Stallion. Pennsylvania could be the state that ultimately decides which candidate is the next President of the United States for the next four years, experts said. Trump and Harris are in a deadlocked tie in the Keystone State, according to the final New York Times/Siena poll. Jones also fretted about how Harris will perform among Jewish voters in Pennsylvania, particularly in Philadelphia where he said President Biden claimed 70% of the pivotal Jewish vote in 2020. “Some polls show Kamala at 50-50,” he said. “That is 70,000 votes we bled away, that is the margin for victory,” Jones said.  Fellow CNN commentator Scott Jennings predicted that whichever candidate wins Pennsylvania will be in the White House in January.