CNN’s Van Jones Warns How Trump Debate Boycott May Spectacularly Backfire

CNN commentator Van Jones has suggested former President Donald Trump may be making a huge mistake when it comes to his reported boycotting of at least one — and possibly all — of the GOP primary debates.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Source,” Jones said rival Republican candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is “a really compelling figure” who “could break through” if “he doesn’t have to sit there and dodge weird nicknames from Donald Trump” on the stage.

The pundit also ridiculed Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel for having to “beg” Trump, the current frontrunner in the race, to participate in the debates.

“Please, baby, please! Please, baby, please!” Jones pretended McDaniel had said. “I think it’s kind of pathetic. But, you know, Donald Trump does what he wants to do. I think he’s making a mistake because somebody else could do something extraordinary.”

Later, Jones added: “This is like, you’ve got this big toddler who’s like, the size of a skyscraper, just wandering around the Republican Party doing whatever he wants to and you’ve got the RNC chair behind, ‘Please, please sit down. Eat your peas.’ It’s not gonna work. He’ll do whatever he wants to do.”