“I’m a man of color and I’m a lifelong democrat, too. You may be wondering, “Why is a lifelong democrat speaking at the Republican National Convention?” And that’s a fair question,” Georgia State House representative Vernon Jones said at the 2020 Republican National Convention.

Jones’ answer was simple: “the democrat party does not want people to leave their mental plantation.”

‘Mental plantation’ meaning to vote for anyone with a “D” beside their name, according to Jones. Jones was honored to be one of the several to speak during the convention and was able to see a range of American citizens come together for it.

Jones spoke on behalf of the democratic party and their intentions at the convention.

“Democrats have turned their backs on our brave police officers. They call it ‘defunding’ and it’s dangerous to our cities, neighborhoods and our children,” Jones said. “The democratic party has become infected with a pandemic of intolerance, bigotry, socialism, anti-law enforcement bias and a dangerous tolerance for people who attack others, destroy their property, and terrorize our own communities.”

In a recent interview with Fetch Your News, Jones said President Trump is about results; Biden being “nothing but a groundhog.” At the convention, Jones was just one of the many speakers to advocate for Trump in office for another four years.

“He really picked people from all walks of life; real-life experiences and real Americans,” Jones said. “[The] whole convention was about the American people, unlike the democratic party…this was about how great America is and how great American’s are and that the best is yet to come.”

At the convention, Jones said he and Senator Rand Paul felt “fear for their life.” But Jones is more convicted to make a difference as well as advocate for Trump due to the encounter at the convention.

“I’m even more determined now…if I walk off the battlefield, they win,” Jones said. “I cannot sit idly by and have been a personal victim to this type of hate and not do anything about it.”

In recent months, crimes in major cities – such as Atlanta, Ga., New Orleans, La., and Brooklyn, NY – have risen since the major BLM protests and riots within larger cities.

Read Rep. Jones’s opinion piece on Joe Biden, here. 

Georgia recently enacted an “Enhanced Penalties for Hate Crimes Act.” The bill is intended to “provide for sentencing of defendants who commit certain crimes which target a victim because of the victim’s race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or ethnicity.”