# Van Jones says Democratic Party right now is 'screwed'

The Democratic Party's approval rating fell to 31% after President Donald Trump was elected.

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Published March 10, 2025 7:00am EDT

## CNNs Van Jones says the Democratic Party is screwed

CNN commentator Van Jones warned on "CNN Newsroom" Sunday that the Democratic Party is caught between the "status quo" supporters and the progressive members.

Former Obama advisor Van Jones declared that the Democratic Party was "screwed" and trapped between .

Jones commented on how the party continues to be caught between the establishment members and the more progressive members with no clear path moving forward.

"Listen, the Democratic Party is going through a massive set of internal crises. You have a party that got trapped two ways," he said. "One, defending a broken status quo that nobody likes because they thought that Donald Trump was going to make it worse. But when you’re defending the status quo, you’re going to lose."



## CNN HOST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY 'FOR SOME REASON' PEOPLE BELIEVED TRUMP OVER DEMOCRATS

Green was later censured by the House of Representatives with 10 House Democrats voting in favor of the measure.

A report released on Thursday also suggested other disruptive Democratic members of Congress were  behind closed doors.

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