CNN’s Van Jones warns the Democratic Party’s far-left wing, telling radicals to “STOP pooping in the punch bowl — and telling us the turds are ice cubes.” (Screenshot: Van Jones/X)

Fake news CNN contributor and longtime left-wing activist Van Jones finally had enough of the radical Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) faction that is devouring his party.

In a lengthy statement posted Saturday, Jones emphasized that he remains a committed Democrat who supports progressive policies such as criminal justice reform, universal healthcare, free education, and environmental protections.

But, he warned, the agenda being promoted by some activists affiliated with groups like the DSA goes far beyond those policies.

Jones wrote on X:

“I’m tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas. I’m a strong Democrat, with a winning bipartisan track record. I’m rooted in progressive ideals and policies: criminal justice reform, Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free education, clean air and water. These are ideas I have fought for my entire adult life. But some people in groups like the DSA are pushing an agenda FAR outside those ideals. Supporting Hamas is not progressive. ‘No police, no prisons, no borders’ is not progressive. Celebrating the murder of Israeli civilians is not progressive. These ideas are REGRESSIVE.

If there were no police or prisons, if anyone in your neighborhood could do whatever they wanted, while politicians cheered on terror groups — would that represent PROGRESS to you? No, that would be a step back. Those are REGRESSIVE ideas.

On the other hand, if everybody could see a doctor when they got sick, get a good, free education and breathe clean air — would that represent progress? Yes. Those are PROGRESSIVE ideas. They are NOT the same thing. And the difference matters.

Some defend the far left by claiming they only want Nordic-style social democracy. If that were true, I might applaud them. I want those policies, too! But what does universal healthcare have to do with Hamas? With abolishing all law enforcement? With erasing all borders? With treating every wealthy person as a villain? Ideas matter. And these are terrible ideas.

Right now, extremists are trying to sneak backwards proposals into our party, hoping mainstream Democrats are too frustrated with MAGA and the Democratic Party establishment to notice. But we see you.

Yes, we want our Democratic Party to be a big tent. But we don’t need ‘party poopers.’ So STOP pooping in the punch bowl — and telling us the turds are ice cubes. They aren’t. And we are smart enough to know the difference.”

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I’m tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.

I’m a strong Democrat, with a winning bipartisan track record. I’m rooted in progressive ideals and policies: criminal justice reform, Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free education,… pic.twitter.com/foPRXip7fb

— Van Jones (@VanJones68) July 18, 2026

The Gateway Pundit reported just weeks ago that Van Jones was already publicly fretting as DSA-backed candidates crushed moderate Democrats in New York and elsewhere. In late June, Jones warned that the DSA had built a disciplined “army” of organizers while establishment Democrats relied on expensive ads and distant donors. He admitted the “roof is collapsing on the Democratic Party establishment.”

Other Democrats, including longtime strategist James Carville, have likewise voiced concerns about the DSA’s expanding influence, with Carville even suggesting the party may need a formal split if the socialist faction continues to gain control.

Jamie Metzl, a lifelong Democrat who served on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council and in the State Department under Madeleine Albright, also issued a stark warning that every American needs to hear.

According to Metzl, this is a highly coordinated, dangerous strategy by a small group of radical extremists who are actively working to hijack the Democrat Party, crash our economy, and completely dismantle our American system of government.

Jim Hᴏft Jim Hᴏft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.

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