A biography for Vernon Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“I support Donald Trump because he is objectively better at lifting Black people - and all people - out of poverty and into prosperity and upward mobility than any big-government Democrat has any hope of being.”
“Conservative white people, I've found, they want you to think for yourself, they want you to cast down your bucket wherever and go forth chasing the American Dream.”
“Democrats once saw America as a force for good in the world.”
“Nobody can touch my record. Nobody can touch my experience.”
“I take my legislative duties seriously, and I take family emergencies more seriously.”
“I was raised to have a healthy respect for law enforcement, I was raised to have a healthy respect for a hard-earned buck.”
“Nobody can work as hard as I can.”
“I love campaigning.”
“Although we didn't have the finer things in life, if we had a pair of shoes on, my mother said make sure they're shiny. If you have a pair of jeans on, make sure they're pressed.”
“The left has taken this country too far to the left.”
“The Clinton Democrats supported hiring more police officers.”
“I've got the courage to express my convictions.”
“I don't know what you are unless you tell me what you are if you're gay. When I walk into that room, you can tell that I'm Black.”
“I am a free-thinking, independent, conservative black man. The left-wing of the Democratic Party, they were mortified by that.”
“Democrats during the days of centrist Georgia senator Sam Nunn focused on a strong United States military.”
“Constitutional Carry, or permit-less carry, simply allows a person who is otherwise legally able to possess and carry a firearm to do so in a discreet, concealed manner.”
“We must work with the law enforcement community to support public safety and the overwhelmingly brave men and women who serve and protect our communities.”
“I got involved in politics in order to help working people in my community - especially the Black people who had gotten the short end of the stick in successive Democratic and Republican administrations - not to join in the social crusades of an over-educated and overwhelmingly liberal elite.”
“Black Americans like me are free people with free minds.”
“I can bring over voters from the Democratic Party, those who feel disenfranchised, those who feel the party's out of touch but are afraid to say something because of cancel culture and so many other things.”