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Van Jones admits to left-leaning CNN he's “nervous” about Kamala Harris' chances
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Van Jones admits to left-leaning CNN he's “nervous” about Kamala Harris' chances

Veteran left-wing political analyst Van Jones said he was “nervous” about Vice President Kamala Harris' chances in Tuesday's election – after her campaign focused on endorsements from celebrities who had nothing to do with the public.

Jones, a former special adviser to President Barack Obama, said Harris' “star-studded” campaign events in the days leading up to the election felt eerily similar to the final days of Hillary Clinton's failed White House bid in 2016.

The political analyst admitted he was skeptical that her latest swing state push, which featured celebrities like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey, would actually convince the working class to vote blue.

Van Jones said he was “nervous” about Harris’ chances of winning the presidency. CNN

“The other thing that makes me nervous is that in 2016 we had a big, star-studded event right on the edge of the election and lost the state,” Jones said on CNN on Monday.

“I don't think people understand that sometimes working people have to make a choice. “Do I go to the big, cool concert and pay for babysitting, or do I find a way to get to the polls? I don’t like these big, star-studded events,” he said.

“I don’t want people to go to concerts. I want people out there knocking on doors, I want people out there fighting for this cause,” he said.

Harris has campaigned extensively with celebrities, a strategy that Jones fears won't pay off on Election Day. REUTERS

“I’m just nervous, nervous,” he said.

Perry appeared with Harris at her campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday.

Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Fat Joe and others performed later in the evening for the Democratic candidate in Philadelphia, where Winfrey also performed, NBC Philadelphia reported.

Trump campaigned heavily in Pennsylvania and celebrated publicly after Harris snubbed Gov. Josh Shapiro over her choice for vice president. AP

Other artists who will perform with Harris on the campaign trail include Bruce Springsteen and rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

Pennsylvania could be the state that ultimately decides which candidate is the next president of the United States for the next four years, experts said.

According to the latest New York Times/Siena poll, Trump and Harris are at a stalemate in the Keystone State.

Jones also worried about how Harris will perform among Jewish voters in Pennsylvania, particularly in Philadelphia, where he said President Biden claimed 70% of the crucial Jewish vote in 2020.

“Some polls show Kamala at 50-50,” he said. “That’s 70,000 votes we’ve bled, that’s the margin for victory,” Jones said.

CNN colleague Scott Jennings predicted that the candidate who wins Pennsylvania will win the White House in January.

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