Former Obama adviser and CNN political analyst Van Jones suggested President Obama go on a “poverty tour” as a way to mitigate some of the criticism surrounding news he'll make $400,000 for a speech at a Wall Street firm's healthcare conference.

"We need a Bobby Kennedy in this country," Jones said in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.

He suggested the former president "go to Appalachia, go to Native American reservations where they’re shoving these pipelines down their throats and they don’t even have clear, running water. Go to South Central, go to the Arizona border where you have a lot of poverty."

He noted that most recent presidents have made such paid remarks after leaving office, and said Obama "should not be the first president to have to be broke."

But, he added, "If he would do a poverty tour first, from a moral point of view, it would be great for him to do."

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security MORE (I-Vt.) has also expressed disappointment with the former president for making paid remarks to Wall Street.

"Wall Street has incredible power, and I would have hoped that the president would not have given a speech like this," Sanders said Friday, echoing comments from Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenBiden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? Warren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Don't expect a government check anytime soon MORE (D-Mass.), who on Thursday said that she was "troubled" by the speaking fee.

But Jones warned Sunday against having a "double standard" for Obama.

"Every other president went out there and gave big speeches — don’t hold them to a second standard, don’t give a double standard to him," he said.

“If I [had] the opportunity that he has, I would do a big poverty tour for six months. Everywhere I go, it’s poverty, addiction and high death rates. From West Virginia to South Central.

"If he were to do that, then go ahead, do a big speech later."