Huckabee re-tweets favorable shout-out from Van Jones

Kerry Picket The Washington Times - March 28, 2011, 05:17PM

Former Arkansas Governor and Fox News contributor Mike Huckabee may have just gotten a wet kiss via a tweet from a controversial former Obama administration czar the former governor later re-tweeted. This will likely not help Mr. Huckabee in a 2012 presidential campaign. Commenters on a conservative forum are wondering about Mr. Huckabee now. (h/t Kristinn Taylor)

According to a local report, former Green Jobs Czar Van Jones joined Mr. Huckabee at a Student Summit in Tallahasse sponsored by Florida State and Florida A&M universities. Following the event Mr. Jones tweeted out:

SEE RELATED:

@GovMikeHuckabee made me proud tonight 2B fellow person of faith + fellow patriot. We disagreed respectfully. The American way! #tcot #p2

Mr. Huckabee re-tweeted Mr. Jones’s tweet.

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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times.

Picket covered the hill at other DC-based outlets including the Daily Caller and the Washington Examiner. Before that, she produced news for Robin Quivers of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, wrote entertainment news for MTV Radio, and worked as a production assistant at MTV.com.