‘There’s Something Happening’: CNN’s Van Jones Says Jubilant RNC Feels Like ‘Obama 2008’ Convention

CNN host Van Jones said at the Republican National Convention on Thursday that the last time he felt so much energy was during former President Barack Obama’s Democratic convention in 2008.

“We are like minutes away, minutes away from Hulk Hogan, Dana White, and Donald J. Trump,” said CNN contributor Scott Jennings with excitement during the network’s panel coverage of the RNC.

Jones – who praised several RNC speeches this week – then remarked, “I wanna say something. This spirit that this guy has, you guys think that’s because he’s drunk. He’s not.”

Pointing to the audience of the RNC, Jones declared, “This whole thing is like this.”

The CNN commentator then said, “The last time I was in a convention that felt like this was Obama 2008. There’s something happening.”

One of Jones’ co-panelists could be heard responding, “You just wrote a headline, by the way.”

CNN chief domestic correspondent Phil Mattingly also made similar remarks about the “energy” of the convention on Thursday evening.

“Several delegates, including one just about three people away from me, have asked me when was the last convention or how many conventions have I been to, and have I ever seen one as energized as this,” said Mattingly following Jones’ remark. “I think the only one that is a close analog for me at least was 2008.”

He concluded, “This is something that I just haven’t seen in several cycles, and the delegates keep saying the same thing. Delegates that have been here for cycle after cycle, convention after convention. That the energy level is just different, and it’s not happening in isolation.”

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