Al Sharpton, MSNBC host, friend of Obama, tax cheat, and the man who led two anti-Semitic pogroms in New York City is now waging a new battle against Jews. He announced he is going to organize support for the P5+1 nuclear deal, which not only puts Israeli Jews in existential danger but also puts Americans of all faiths, moderate Gulf States, and much of the western world in danger.
Sharpton told the Huffington Post he supports the deal because war is racist:
"We have a disproportionate interest, being that if there is a war, our community is always disproportionately part of the armed services, and that a lot of the debate is by people who will not have family members who will be at risk," Sharpton said.
"I am calling on ministers in black churches nationwide to go to their pulpits Sunday and have their parishioners call their senators and congressman to vote yes on the Iran nuclear plan."
Sharpton has previously nudged Cory Booker on Twitter regarding the senator's position, arguing that the New Jersey Democrat couldn't quote Tupac on war while also opposing the deal.
Strangely, even though black women disproportionately account for 35.4% of all abortions, Sharpton does not lead an effort to stop killing babies.
The MSNBC star who, as of ten months ago still owed $4.5 million in taxes, is pushing local New York politicians to pass the agreement.
A lot of Democrats, I think, should have to consider how their voters will feel in their base vote,” the reverend added.Sharpton also noted Friday that he has already contacted Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other New York-area Democrats about backing the accord.(...) "There needs to be a balance in this. Clearly lobbyists and others like AIPAC are pushing on their side and there needs to be an organized effort on the other side. And we're kicking it off tomorrow morning," Sharpton said. "A lot of Democrats, I think, should have to consider how their voters will feel in their base vote."
"I want to make it clear to the radio audience and to you here that we will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business on 125th Street.
And, on Sharpton's radio show, Norman "Granddad" Reide said:
I am saying to the Jewish community and specifically to Abraham Foxman, that you come out and utter a word, accusatory remark against Reverend Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Donna Wilson, Reverend Shields, or Gary Byrd, we will boycott you and nobody loves money any more than the Jewish people. Thank you.
“Then we had a famous man, Al Sharpton, who came down, and he said Tuesday night, kill the Jews, two times. I heard him, and he started to lead a charge across the street to Utica.”During the funeral of Gavin Cato, the young boy whose death in a car accident spurred the riot, Al Sharpton gave a eulogy that fueled the fires of hatred.
“The world will tell us he was killed by accident. Yes, it was a social accident. ... It's an accident to allow an apartheid ambulance service in the middle of Crown Heights. ... Talk about how Oppenheimer in South Africa sends diamonds straight to Tel Aviv and deals with the diamond merchants right here in Crown Heights. The issue is not anti-Semitism; the issue is apartheid. ... All we want to say is what Jesus said: If you offend one of these little ones, you got to pay for it. No compromise, no meetings, no kaffe klatsch, no skinnin' and grinnin'. Pay for your deeds."
The day before the riots began, Sharpton led a protest in support of City College professor Leonard Jeffries, who was in the process of being fired because he was making anti-Semitic statements. At that rally, Sharpton said, "“If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house."
Sharpton's history makes one wonder if he actually read the agreement and truly believes it will prevent war, or whether he is simply promoting an agreement - which Americans oppose by a two-to-one margin - because Iran's likely first target is the Jewish State.