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Sharpton Promises ‘Season of Civil Disobedience' in Response to Sessions Nom |
2017-01-08 |
[PJ] WASHINGTON -- National Action Network president Rev. Al Sharpton promised a "season of civil disobedience" in reaction to the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for attorney general in the Trump administration. Sharpton, an MSNBC host, said activists have planned a march in Washington on Jan. 14 during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend to protest the Sessions nomination. Sharpton recalled spending 90 days in jail for protesting on U.S. Navy land against military exercises on the island of Vieques in 2001 when George W. Bush was president, adding that civil disobedience usually works because it changes policy. "We’re not just doing this to be doing it. We do it because it can lead to change and, believe me, there will be a season of civil disobedience particularly around the Sessions nomination," he said Friday on a conference call with other civil rights organizations’ leaders such as Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the NAACP, and Janet Murguia, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza. Sharpton offered a preview of the mass march, explaining that activists plan to outline their intent to visit senators’ offices and make some house calls to "make them understand" they will be held accountable for voting in favor of Sessions, whose confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#10 #9 I am really surprised Twitter has banned President-Elect Trump yet. Posted by: Nero White 3083 MySpace V2.0. Twitter, via PC censorship and delisting of conservatives is on its' way down |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-08 16:34 |
#9 I am really surprised Twitter has banned President-Elect Trump yet. |
Posted by: Nero White 3083 2017-01-08 16:26 |
#8 He's just pissed because he won't be a 'trusted advisor to the White House' anymore. I think Trump knows exactly what kind of people the Racist Twins are. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-01-08 10:52 |
#7 Does that mean he won't be paying the rest of his back taxes? |
Posted by: Raj 2017-01-08 10:35 |
#6 Dear Reverend, IMO, cops, at least some of them, been "swallowing bile" - as they say, for the last 8 years. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-08 10:24 |
#5 "but resist we much… we must… and we will much… about… that… be committed." |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-08 09:33 |
#4 I will pop champagne when this worthless shit shuffles off this mortal coil. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2017-01-08 09:25 |
#3 Liberal wind sock. When you hear him bloviating and waving the race card, you know the liberals and progs are worried. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-08 09:08 |
#2 Sharpton is part of the problem, not part of the solution. |
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-01-08 09:04 |
#1 ...Somebody who owes north of seven figures to the IRS should be careful about declaring war on the Government... Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-01-08 08:42 |