Van Jones Says He Was Getting ‘Racist Death Threats’ When Charlie Kirk Reached Out For a ‘Civil Debate’

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Sep 20th, 2025, 6:33 pm

CNN’s Van Jones said he received a surprising text from Charlie Kirk the day before the Turning Point USA founder was shot dead while speaking on a college campus.

Jones recounted the story to CNN host Boris Sanchez on Saturday.

“Charlie Kirk and I were not friends. We did not agree on anything,” Jones began. “And that last week of his life, we were really going at each other over what happened with the Ukrainian woman who was murdered.”

Jones was referring to the brutal stabbing death of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August; surveillance footage of the killing went viral on X earl

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