“Driving the kitchen table affordability message and tying that to Democrats on a positive and Republicans on a negative,” he said. “They couldn’t get any traction on these cultural war issues anymore because we figured out how to get around that.”

“They never figured it out, and that network is going to continue to push for kitchen-table issues and hold our Democratic lawmakers accountable.”

VAN JONES: Now it can be told. How did we win the narrative on affordability? Was it just these nice little Democrats out there running for office and going, “No”? The Republicans never figured out what we were doing.

There’s something called the American Accountability Network: tens of thousands of online humans, not bots, coordinated to make the affordability message a winning message online.

Thirty-two and a half million people hit on Instagram every day, 88.8 million hits on Twitter every single day, and 185 million Facebook hits every single day—and they never figured it out.

The Republicans could not understand: It wasn’t bots. It was actual human beings. The most effective online organizing campaign, called the American Accountability Network, flew under the radar screen. It had never been told. They were talking about the issue, or they were saying, “You need to elect Democrats to deal with this,” driving the kitchen-table affordability message and tying that to Democrats on a positive and Republicans on a negative.

CNN’s Van Jones says the Democratic Party’s “American Accountability Network” coordinated tens of thousands of people to amplify their message across social media. “The Republicans never figured out what we were doing!” he said. “Don’t get mad at me. I was given permission to reveal this”

“Driving the kitchen table affordability message and tying that to Democrats on a positive and Republicans on a negative,” he said. “They couldn’t get any traction on these cultural war issues anymore because we figured out how to get around that.”

“They never figured it out, and that network is going to continue to push for kitchen-table issues and hold our Democratic lawmakers accountable.”

VAN JONES: Now it can be told. How did we win the narrative on affordability? Was it just these nice little Democrats out there running for office and going, “No”? The Republicans never figured out what we were doing.

There’s something called the American Accountability Network: tens of thousands of online humans, not bots, coordinated to make the affordability message a winning message online.

Thirty-two and a half million people hit on Instagram every day, 88.8 million hits on Twitter every single day, and 185 million Facebook hits every single day—and they never figured it out.

The Republicans could not understand: It wasn’t bots. It was actual human beings. The most effective online organizing campaign, called the American Accountability Network, flew under the radar screen. It had never been told. They were talking about the issue, or they were saying, “You need to elect Democrats to deal with this,” driving the kitchen-table affordability message and tying that to Democrats on a positive and Republicans on a negative.

Tim Hains, Real Clear Politics