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| name                = Vernon Jones

| name                = Vernon Jones

| image              = VernonJones.jpg

| image              = VernonJones.jpg

| office              = Member of the<br>[[Georgia House of Representatives]]

| office              = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives

| constituency        = 91st district

| constituency        = 91st district

| term_start          = January 9, 2017

| term_start          = January 9, 2017

| term_end            = January 11, 2021

| term_end            = January 11, 2021

| predecessor        = [[Dee Dawkins-Haigler]]

| predecessor        = Dee Dawkins-Haigler

| successor          = [[Rhonda Taylor]]

| successor          = Rhonda Taylor

| constituency1      = 71st district

| constituency1      = 71st district

| term_start1        = January 1, 1993

| term_start1        = January 1, 1993

| term_end1          = January 1, 2001

| term_end1          = January 1, 2001

| predecessor1        = Sidney Jones

| predecessor1        = Sidney Jones

| successor1          = [[Walter Ronnie Sailor Jr.]]

| successor1          = Walter Ronnie Sailor Jr.

| office2            = Chief Executive Officer of [[DeKalb County, Georgia|DeKalb County]]

| office2            = Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County

| term_start2        = January 1, 2001

| term_start2        = January 1, 2001

| term_end2          = January 1, 2009

| term_end2          = January 1, 2009

| predecessor2        = Liane Levetan

| predecessor2        = Liane Levetan

| successor2          = [[Burrell Ellis]]

| successor2          = Burrell Ellis

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'''Vernon Jones''' is a former [[Georgia]] [[Democrat]] state representative and supporter of [[President Donald Trump]]. Jones became a [[Republican]] in 2020. In 2021 Jones announced his intention to challenge corrupt [[RINO]] incumbent Georgia governor [[Brian Kemp]] in the 2022 Georgia primaries.<ref>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/trump-supporting-ex-democrat-vernon-jones-run-against-gov-kemp-georgia</ref>

'''Vernon Jones''' is a [[Republican]] candidate for [[Georgia]] Governor, seeking to primary [[RINO]] incumbent Georgia governor [[Brian Kemp]] in the 2022 Georgia primaries<ref>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/trump-supporting-ex-democrat-vernon-jones-run-against-gov-kemp-georgia</ref>. Jones previously served as a [[Democratic]] member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the 71st district from 1993-2001, and the 91st district from 2017-2021. In 2020, he endorsed [[President Donald Trump]] for re-election, and spoke at the subsequent [[Republican National Convention]] of that year. He switched parties and became a Republican in 2020.

Jones was the focus of [[Democrat]] [[racist]] attacks for endorsing President Trump in the [[2020 presidential election]].  Jones said of the [[institutional racism]] and [[bigot]]ry within the [[Democratic party]]:

Jones was the focus of [[Democrat]] [[racist]] attacks for endorsing President Trump in the [[2020 presidential election]].  Jones said of the [[institutional racism]] and [[bigot]]ry within the [[Democratic party]]:

{{Quotebox|I can show them and reveal where the true bigotry is. You know, they brag about being a party of openness and a [[big tent]], but not so for independent thinking [[Black]] men and women with [[conservative]] leanings. We're not wanted. But you know what? Ironically, when we have [[white]] Democrats with conservative leanings, they're not called the same like I'm called, an outcast, an embarrassment to the party, I need to leave. And Congressman Jim Marshall and John Barrow get a free pass. But an [[African American]] to think independently, that's the most terrifying thought for any [[liberal]] right now.  

{{Quotebox|I can show them and reveal where the true bigotry is. You know, they brag about being a party of openness and a [[big tent]], but not so for independent thinking [[Black]] men and women with [[conservative]] leanings. We're not wanted. But you know what? Ironically, when we have [[white]] Democrats with conservative leanings, they're not called the same like I'm called, an outcast, an embarrassment to the party, I need to leave. And Congressman Jim Marshall and John Barrow get a free pass. But an [[African American]] to think independently, that's the most terrifying thought for any [[liberal]] right now.  

For people like me to be independent thinkers, when white Democrats vote [[Republican]], their elevated as [[Reagan Democrats]]. It's a good thing. But when African Americans do that and exercise their free thinking, all of a sudden 'you don't belong in the party, you're an embarrassment, you don't represent our values,' and that's unfortunate. So I want to continue to ''pull that sheet off of them'' and expose them....

For people like me to be independent thinkers, when white Democrats vote [[Republican]], they're elevated as [[Reagan Democrats]]. It's a good thing. But when African Americans do that and exercise their free thinking, all of a sudden 'you don't belong in the party, you're an embarrassment, you don't represent our values,' and that's unfortunate. So I want to continue to ''pull that sheet off of them'' and expose them....

We have to support [[law enforcement]] officers, those who are the bad apples, we know what to do with them. Secondly, when you started talking about tearing down monuments, if you tear down a monument of [[Thomas Jefferson]] today, somebody's gonna want to tear down the monument of [[Martin Luther King]] tomorrow....We give literally millions of dollars to universities and nonprofit groups to go out and dig, dig and dig and pull up symbols and statues of the past so we can learn about it. But here we are in 2020 with tearing them down. What are kids gonna know about come 2030 when those statues are gone?  

We have to support [[law enforcement]] officers, those who are the bad apples, we know what to do with them. Secondly, when you started talking about tearing down monuments, if you tear down a monument of [[Thomas Jefferson]] today, somebody's gonna want to tear down the monument of [[Martin Luther King]] tomorrow....We give literally millions of dollars to universities and nonprofit groups to go out and dig, dig and dig and pull up symbols and statues of the past so we can learn about it. But here we are in 2020 with tearing them down. What are kids gonna know about come 2030 when those statues are gone?  

There's an issue at the local level to where local leadership is not doing what they need to do. }}

There's an issue at the local level to where local leadership is not doing what they need to do. }}

 

Vernon Jones has insinuated that conservative podcast host Stew Peters and attorney [[Lin Wood]] are racists. Peters and Wood in turn have called Jones a racist.  Peters cut off Jones during a response in an interview. [[Arizona]] State Senator Wendy Rogers retracted her endorsement of Jones for Governor of [[Georgia]]. According to Peters, Jones discriminated against white people as CEO of DeKalb County, and multiple women have made allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him<ref>https://nationalfile.com/vernon-jones-cites-racism-after-stew-peters-questions-court-case-rumors-he-pursues-women-at-political-events/</ref>.

Vernon Jones has insinuated that conservative podcast host Stew Peters and attorney [[Lin Wood]] are racists. Peters and Wood in turn have called Jones a racist.  Peters cut off Jones during a response in an interview. [[Arizona]] State Senator Wendy Rogers retracted her endorsement of Jones for Governor of [[Georgia]]. According to Peters, Jones discriminated against white people as CEO of DeKalb County, and multiple women have made allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him.<ref>https://nationalfile.com/vernon-jones-cites-racism-after-stew-peters-questions-court-case-rumors-he-pursues-women-at-political-events/</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

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