Van Jones says ‘political class’ was outsmarted by Trump’s digital, online influencer campaign [Video]

Former Obama adviser Van Jones warned the political class that the strategies they believed would win over the American people are woefully outdated.

At the New York Times DealBook summit, political figures offered their autopsies of why the Harris campaign failed and how the Trump campaign rode the wave of America’s changing media. Jones argued that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory is just another example of the American people’s dissatisfaction with both political parties’ rule.

“I want to talk real,” he said as he turned to Republicans on the panel. “You guys shouldn’t be as happy as you are because, 2016, people voted for change because they were fed up and sick of it, gave Trump a chance. 2020, people voted for change because they were sick of Trump. 2024 they voted for change, they’re probably gonna vote for change a bunch more times because, this- something is off, man.”

He added further, “There’s something really …