"He later wrote, The suffering of the people of Gaza especially the children is not a punch line I'm deeply sorry. Yeah, I messed up on this one. And I'm sorry. I was trying to raise awareness about foreign adversaries creating chaos online which is undermining democracy everywhere. But what I said was easily misunderstood, and the way I said it was flat-out insensitive. Babies are dying https://t.co/98MYOuhK2U Van Jones (@VanJones68) October 5, 2025"
"Reacting to the apology, Van Hollen accused Jones of having spread Netanyahu propaganda that the killing of civilians was Iranian fake news. I'm glad Van Jones apologized for his sick joking about dead kids in Gaza. But the problem goes deeper: he spread Netanyahu propaganda that the mass killings of civilians in Gazaincluding 20K+ kidsis Iranian fake news. It's not the students and young people who are fooled. pic.twitter.com/MdvpcWRdUZ Senator Chris VanHollen (@ChrisVanHollen) October 5, 2025"
"During Friday night's appearance in conversation with host Bill Maher, Jones claimed that Iran and Qatar have come up with a disinformation campaign that they are running through TikTok and Instagram that is massive. He argued: If you are a young person, you are opening up your phone, and all you see is dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, Diddy, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby."
Senator Chris Van Hollen publicly criticized Van Jones for comments that he said spread Netanyahu propaganda and dismissed the scale of civilian deaths in Gaza. Van Jones issued two apologies, saying he messed up, that the suffering of Gazans—especially children—is not a punch line, and that his intent was to highlight foreign adversaries creating chaos online. Van Hollen accused Jones of promoting the claim that mass killings in Gaza, including more than 20,000 children, were Iranian fake news. Jones had claimed Iran and Qatar ran a massive disinformation campaign on TikTok and Instagram, prompting immediate outrage.
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