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alp227

(32,015 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 04:26 AM Jan 2014

Rev. Wright slams faction of tea party at King breakfast in Wilmington

Source: Wilmington News Journal

The controversial Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright told a crowd celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday at the Riverfront that there is more to do in the civil rights fight.

“Tell your children we have some unfinished business on the agenda with the voting rights bill gutted by a right-wing dominated Supreme Court … with mass incarceration robbing black and brown communities of any positive future … with jobs being shipped overseas … with one branch of the tea party being nothing but a 2.0 upgrade of the lynch mobs … with some folks doing everything they can to get that black man out of their White House.”

Many in the largely black crowd of more than 400 people gave Wright a standing ovation and dozens swarmed him afterward to take pictures and get him to sign their programs.

“I think it was an excellent speech,” said Bob Millette, a sociology professor at Lincoln University.

Read more: http://archive.is/bnbZ9

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Rev. Wright slams faction of tea party at King breakfast in Wilmington (Original Post) alp227 Jan 2014 OP
sounds like what the president ought to be saying instead of that bipartisanship stuff nt msongs Jan 2014 #1
Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #2
Why blame the Tea Party for anything they've done when ... JoePhilly Jan 2014 #3
As usual I agree with Rev Wright Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #4
From the little snippet that I've read ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #5
He nailed it. Plain talk about what's needed. n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #6
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
2. Yeah ...
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 08:27 AM
Jan 2014

that would certainly foster an environment of governance and give the right absolutely nothing to sell to their sheep ... going into the 2014 election season.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
3. Why blame the Tea Party for anything they've done when ...
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 08:30 AM
Jan 2014

blaming President Obama is so much easier.

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