{"id":2484606,"date":"2025-09-10T08:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-van-jones-cant-help-but-share-his-bizarre-sympathy-for-charlotte-killer-this-man-was-hurting\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T08:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:42:01","slug":"cnns-van-jones-cant-help-but-share-his-bizarre-sympathy-for-charlotte-killer-this-man-was-hurting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-van-jones-cant-help-but-share-his-bizarre-sympathy-for-charlotte-killer-this-man-was-hurting\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#8217;s Van Jones Can&#8217;t Help but Share His Bizarre Sympathy for Charlotte Killer: &#8216;This Man Was Hurting&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnns-van-jones-cant-help-but-share-his-bizarre-sympathy-for-charlotte-killer-this-man-was-hurting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2484606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Americans are still reeling after watching the brutal video of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska being stabbed to death on a North Carolina train.<\/p>\n<p>Police say she was murdered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-makes-move-decarlos-brown-nobody-can-save-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Decarlos Brown Jr.<\/a>, who allegedly plunged a knife into her neck.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, CNN&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-van-jones-seeks-capitalize-trump-musk-feud-absurd-push-arrest-doge-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Jones<\/a> responded with outrage &mdash; just not at the killer.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Jones raged at Charlie Kirk while extending sympathy toward the suspect police say committed the horrific crime.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk had argued that the stabbing was racially motivated. Jones disagreed during an appearance on &ldquo;NewsNight with Abby Phillip.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And for Charlie Kirk to say, &lsquo;We know he did it because she&rsquo;s white,&rsquo; when there&rsquo;s no evidence of that, is just pure race mongering, hate mongering. It&rsquo;s wrong,&rdquo; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>That was only the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>After Americans saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-shames-reporters-faces-iryna-zarutska-coverage-highlights-clear-double-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the shocking footage<\/a> of Zarutska dying alone for the crime of catching a ride home from work, Jones turned his comments toward her killer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not about cashless bail or no cashless bail, it&rsquo;s about the fact that we don&rsquo;t know how to deal with people who are hurting in the way this man was hurting. Hurt people hurt people,&rdquo; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What happened was horrible, but it becomes an opportunity for people to jump on bandwagons, and then for someone like Charlie Kirk &mdash; he should be ashamed of himself. No one mentioned the word race, white, black, or anything except him. What people mentioned is the horror of what happened to this young woman.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: CNN panel shows sympathy for the man who stabbed Iryna Zarutska in the throat, shames people for calling it a racist attack.<\/p>\n<p>Van Jones claimed there was no evidence that Zarutska was attacked because she was white.<\/p>\n<p>Audio footage, however, reveals the man bragged about how&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G1ayTS7Vmk\">pic.twitter.com\/G1ayTS7Vmk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1965411771294134460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The problem is, Brown reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iryna-zarutska-stabbing-video-attack-2126962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> after the murder, &ldquo;I got that white girl.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That strongly suggests race was indeed a motive.<\/p>\n<p>A generation of Americans has been taught to see only color, and too many are acting out their anger.<\/p>\n<p>The politics of racial division armed them with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dei-expert-shredded-pieces-cant-answer-gops-simple-yes-no-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a twisted worldview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And now, violent attacks on white people are something the establishment media would prefer to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>But this time, the horrific images were impossible to hide.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s suppose race wasn&rsquo;t a motive.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, instead of focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/play-play-video-leads-murder-iryna-zarutska-reporters-last-sentence-jaw-dropping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the victim<\/a>, bizarrely offered compassion for the &ldquo;hurting&rdquo; killer.<\/p>\n<p>History is filled with evil men who were &ldquo;hurting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mao. Stalin. Hitler. The Unabomber. Dahmer. Bundy. Nero.<\/p>\n<p>Human beings hurt because pain is part of life, but most don&rsquo;t murder. Normal people don&rsquo;t murder on an industrial scale because they were rejected by an art school.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am offering $500k in $10k grants to paint murals of the face of Iryna Zarutska in prominent US city locations<\/p>\n<p>Please contact katie@eoghan.com for more details<\/p>\n<p>Please also  this message<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to contribute to this fund, please contact Katie also <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M8OyqfcZlm\">pic.twitter.com\/M8OyqfcZlm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eoghan McCabe (@eoghan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eoghan\/status\/1965567989002240125?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>People deserving of empathy don&rsquo;t stab a woman to death because life didn&rsquo;t pan out the way they wanted it to, or because they were sick.<\/p>\n<p>Jones has built a career drumming up racial tension. His rhetoric is pure poison.<\/p>\n<p>And now, after a defenseless young woman was slaughtered, he offered bizarre sympathy for the killer.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte, North Carolina, was less safe than war-torn Ukraine for this young woman. 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