Sharpton Slams GOP Rep. Likening Obamacare Fight to Civil Rights: ‘You’re Not Sacrificing Yourself!’

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By Josh Feldman - September 27th, 2013



Al Sharpton has had a few Republican legislators on his show to debate Obamacare, but this may have been the first time a guest attempted to make the civil rights argument to Sharpton. Alabama congressman Mo Brooks defended the Obamacare battle going on in Congress, comparing Republicans to civil rights leaders, but that just set Sharpton off, asking him exactly what the GOP is sacrificing in this grand battle.

Brooks’ contention over the possibility of a government shutdown was that Republicans are more than happy to fund 99 percent of the government, it’s just the one percent that they want to debate. Sharpton sighed and said it was already debated, and Congress passed it, Obama signed it, the Supreme Court upheld it, and the Republican presidential candidate who ran on a platform to repeal it lost.

Brooks told Sharpton that he, as a civil rights leader, should know “sometimes the Supreme Court makes a mistake,” saying it was good for Martin Luther King, Jr. to “persist in the face of having lost in the past.” The analogy did not sit well with Sharpton.

“To equate those that would stand up and fight for civil rights, who would submit to going to jail and who would submit to things happening to them to raise their point–You’re not sacrificing yourself! You’ll get your check! And your colleagues will get their check! You’re sacrificing others! That is not civil rights, that is not even civil, congressman!”

More, and a video at the link:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sharpton-slams-gop-rep-likening-obamacare-fight-to-civil-rights-youre-not-sacrificing-yourself/

Look at that smiling psychopathic Mo Brooks! I don't know how Sharpton can stand seeing and listening to him make a mockery of MLK and everything else!

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1. K&R for now.. until I get

to read it.. thanks, fresh!

[Jasana]

2. Ewww. That Mo - he made me feel all dirty. Sharpton was right. nt

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3. fucking pieces of shit

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4. and you know most of these fuckers would love to have Jim Crow back

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5. K&R!

Until tomorrow~ will watch then.

Thanks fresh~

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6. Jesus H. Christ.. this Mo must be stupid to say that to Al Sharpton!

“To equate those that would stand up and fight for civil rights, who would submit to going to jail and who would submit to things happening to them to raise their point–You’re not sacrificing yourself! You’ll get your check! And your colleagues will get their check! You’re sacrificing others! That is not civil rights, that is not even civil, congressman!”

This Idiot is smiling about trying to rob people blind by attempting to repeal a Law of the land. 'Course they won't admit it's "The Law".. that might confuse their foxbot robots.

Thanks fresh.. good Op!

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7. And he was taunting Sharpton with the 'fund the 99%' but not the ACA.

PROVING that the ACA is not a deficit problem.

WHAT their problem is that they HATE the poor.

That is who will covered by that 1% and yet, they get away with their Randian religion to kill the poor off.

Depraved, disgusting, etc.

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8. Pure Sociopathic Slime..

Kochsters undoubtedly gave him an extra atta boy after that performance.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3742021

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10. Yup. Celebrating like a serial killer on his first kill.

[cui bono]

9. "That is not civil rights, that is not even civil, congressman!"

That's perfect!