Van Jones silences Trump supporter: Tax-evading billionaires are 'part of the corruption' [View all]

[DonViejo]

DAVID EDWARDS
02 OCT 2016 AT 11:50 ET

CNN political analyst Van Jones on Sunday pointed out to Trump supporter Rachel Campos-Duffy that the billionaire Republican nominee was “part of the corruption” if he had not paid federal income taxes for the last 18 years.

During a panel discussion on CNN about a New York Times report suggesting that Donald Trump had not paid taxes for nearly two decades, host Jake Tapper asked Campos-Duffy if the American people should be outraged.

Ignoring the question, the Trump surrogate accused President Barack Obama of being “the epitome of cronyism.”

“That’s a good pivot,” Jones jabbed. “It is, in fact, true if Donald Trump lost a billion dollars — think about this — lost a billion dollars, he could wind up as a winner legally in his taxes for a generation.”

“Is that because he’s a genius?” the CNN analyst continued. “It’s because billionaires have armies of lobbyists to write the rules. Here’s the deal: If you’re obeying horrible rules that you helped to write, that doesn’t make you a genius. It makes you a part of the corruption.”

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