Van Jones admitted how Democrats tricked voters on the economy leading into the 2026 midterms.
They needed Americans to believe Trump’s economy was historically terrible, so they screamed “affordability” as often as possible. Jones said a secret operation called the American Accountability Network coordinated tens of thousands of real people to blast hundreds of millions of targeted social media posts to convince the public the economy was in total ruin.
He bragged about it on CNN and said he was “given permission” to reveal the operation. The numbers tell a different story. 165,000 new jobs were just announced. The poverty rate is at an all-time low of 10.2%. Per capita family income hit a record $87,000. GDP was revised to 3.4%, and the Atlanta Fed projects 5% by year-end. The stock market was 20,000 points higher and income was $14,000 higher than during the 2022 midterms under Biden, when inflation hit 9.1%.
In 2022 the media insisted Biden had done a great job. This time they pushed the opposite message. Jones just confirmed the coordination.