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Posted on 08/31/2018 11:18:47 AM PDT by jazusamo
At the funeral for Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul," on Friday, the Rev. Al Sharpton took a pot-shot at President Donald Trump.
"You know, the other Sunday on my show, I misspelled 'Respect,'" Sharpton started, referencing the hit song by Aretha Franklin. "And a lot of y'all corrected me. Now I want y'all to help me correct President Trump to teach him what it means."
The crowd broke into loud applause.
"And I say that because when word had went out that Miss Franklin passed, Trump said she used to work for me," Sharpton continued. He proceeded to "correct" the president. "She used to perform for you, she worked for us."
Trump had offered his condolences to Franklin's family at a cabinet meeting. "I want to begin today by expressing my condolences to the family of a person I knew well," the president said, CBS News reported . "She worked for me on numerous occasions. She was terrific — Aretha Franklin — on her passing."
"She's brought joy to millions of lives and her extraordinary legacy will thrive and inspire many generations to come," Trump continued. "She was given a great gift from God — her voice, and she used to well. People loved Aretha. She was a special woman. So just want to pass on my warmest best wishes and sympathies to her family."
The president also tweeted his respect. "The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is dead. She was a great woman, with a wonderful gift from God, her voice," Trump tweeted. "She will be missed!"
What was so disrespectful about that?
Sharpton is a no class a$$ as well as a corrupt race baiting jerk.
The son-of-a-bitch is no good.
The Jew hating sack of crap is one to talk about RESPECT..go pay back the 4 million in taxes he owes the Govt..yeah I didnt think so
RESPICT! Resist we much!
Sharpton desperately trying to be relevant.
Go ahead, Al, make it into the Wellstone memorial...
Sharpton gonna sho’ ANYONE R E S P E C T “?
LOL.....sometimes irony just writes itself
Is it possible, for liberals, black activists, etc. To NOT politicize everything? Was it really necessary to take pot shots at Trump in honoring the memory of Aretha Franklin?
Pay your Ritz Carlton bill, Al.
Sharpton is rich from playing off Whitey’s guilt. But it ain’t gonna work with The Man - DJT.
Head of the Race-Baiting Department at the Obama White House for 8 years.
That’s what happens when you monkey around with a funeral.
Al owes so much in back taxes that when he dies, he’ll lie in Repo
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No, and no.
The Left has taken over Aretha Franklin’s Funeral. I see Bill Clinton, Sharpton, Calypso Louie, race baiter Michael Dyson, and Jesse Jackson to name a few left wingers. I don’t Aretha would appreciate her funeral becoming a Left Wing Political Rally.
To teach respect you must first be able to spell respect.
Al who?
This guy is at 23:15:15 hours/minutes/seconds, on his 15 minute clock.
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