Humanitarian Jason Jones Stands in Solidarity With the Vulnerable
'This summer I'll be in Africa, I'll be in the Middle East, I'll be in Asia, and everywhere I go, I'm nose-to-nose with the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]. If we're standing to protect vulnerable people, we're nose-to-nose with the CCP,' Jones said during the filming of an episode of the Jason Jones Show podcast in New York.
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