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Jesse Jackson: Trump's inauguration speech was 'full of hope and inclusion'
WPXI-TV ^ | January 21, 2017 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Posted on 01/22/2017 2:11:56 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Not long after President Donald Trump was sworn in, we happened to run into the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the street. He gave a thumbs-up to Trump’s inauguration speech but said the new commander in chief has much work to do in order to unify a nation riven by a divisive campaign.

“The speech was full of hope and inclusion and he reached out to cities in a way they’ve not been reached out to for a long time,” he said. “But with that must come a target, a timetable and a budget.”

Trump’s speech hit many of the populist chords he refined on the campaign trail, portraying Washington as full of elite insiders indifferent to the common man....

(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: africanamericans; blacks; bluezones; inguration; jessejackson; poverty; speech; trump; trump45; trumpinaugural; urban
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jesse Jackson at Anti-Trump rally on Nov.16 2017
21 posted on 01/22/2017 2:52:29 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s a surprise!


22 posted on 01/22/2017 2:53:38 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: Lazamataz

and Jane Fonda is planning a USO tour...


23 posted on 01/22/2017 2:54:03 AM PST by Recon Dad (Force Recon Dad)
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To: AU72

I have a feeling that he blames obama for his son going to prison.


24 posted on 01/22/2017 2:58:57 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

JESSE wants in on the action...


25 posted on 01/22/2017 3:06:25 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: honurider
Any sign of improvement is generally a good sign.

What the does he have left to lose? Before Obama, He was America's Black leader. If he hooks up with Trumps urban renewal... he could be a community organizer for the building of a community, unlike Obama.

26 posted on 01/22/2017 3:23:21 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Truely a miraculous day. God was obviously moving, and blessing.


27 posted on 01/22/2017 3:25:39 AM PST by exnavy (God save the republic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ahhh you can always count on Jesse Jackson to follow the money.


28 posted on 01/22/2017 3:30:18 AM PST by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper). THE LIBERAL BUBBLE HAS BURST!!!)
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To: Lazamataz

President Trump has been talking about infrastructure reconstruction. I think that that is the bone.


29 posted on 01/22/2017 3:33:36 AM PST by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He doesn’t have a direct line to the “just us” department any more. Back taxes may scream louder in his dreams than the lives he’s ruined.


30 posted on 01/22/2017 3:41:37 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?!?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Jesse just know which way the wind be blowin’. He knows the loony left thinks he’s a tired punch line—always has—and the black bourgeoisie under a Trump presidency will now be allowed to stop apologizing for acting white, and can finally come out the closet and admit they really, really hate rap music.
Jesse’s figured out Trump is the New and Improved Black President, and he just tryin’ to get out front.
Shucks, what next? Al is gonna be down at the IRS, smilin’ and writin’ a check on Monday mornin’.
Winning!


31 posted on 01/22/2017 3:57:14 AM PST by mumblypeg (Chicago called. They want their village idiot back.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whoops. Jackson must not have received the Chris Matthews talking points.


32 posted on 01/22/2017 4:04:00 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Knock me over with a feather.

But . . .

Let’s verify, eh? Somebody above said follow the budget (MONEY)!


33 posted on 01/22/2017 4:10:40 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: honurider
Believe it or not, Jackson has praised Donald Trump in the past.
34 posted on 01/22/2017 4:17:58 AM PST by PallMal
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To: newnhdad

Yup.


35 posted on 01/22/2017 4:28:38 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fake news or the Onion hoax?


36 posted on 01/22/2017 4:36:28 AM PST by granada
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Many don’t know that one of the (long ago) stories Jesse used to say went something like this:

“I was walking late at night in Chicago and saw 4 people a bit behind me, following me. I turned around, saw they were white, and knew that I was safe.”

Of course he only said that to black audiences, but it was powerful. So now, maybe we’ve turned a page. Instead of our side, and for that matter, the Dems, going to so-called ‘black leaders’ for permission to address problems in LaHood, we go directly to the people in LaHood (a little Transportation Department lingo, for those of you in Rio Linda). At that point, the black leaders can take it or leave it...and, so far, Mr. Jackson may well be taking it.


37 posted on 01/22/2017 5:08:14 AM PST by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Lazamataz

“budget” was the word that stuck out in my mind, too.

Up until then, I could agree with him.

I say don’t toss him anything. He has a history of appropriating “budgets” for himself. Yes, there will need to be money invested to clean up the inner cities, but one of the BEST ways to clean them up is to eliminate the graft, corruption, and diversion of funds into political pockets - about 98% democrat from what I’ve observed. Remember Katrina? Funds intended for the maintenance of levees went into the pockets of the democrats running NOLA.


38 posted on 01/22/2017 5:10:06 AM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“he reached out to cities in a way they’ve not been reached out to for a long time,’ he said. ‘But with that must come a target, a timetable and a budget’.”

The “target”? Jesse Hi-Jackson himself. The “timetable”? Now. The “budget”? A biggish number with at least seven zeros after it.


39 posted on 01/22/2017 5:12:55 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, Jesse, you’re dealing with a guy who has HAD to backup his big mouth with a plan and a action for all of his life. STFU and sit down and WATCH.


40 posted on 01/22/2017 5:32:11 AM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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