Posted on 08/03/2023 7:53:04 PM PDT by lowbridge
MSNBC host and race-baiter Rev. Al Sharpton is a little confused about why the Founding Fathers are famous and what Americans celebrate every year on July 4.
“One day, our children’s children will read American history, and can you imagine our reading that James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government so they could stay in power? That’s what we’re looking at,” Sharpton said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “We’re looking at American history, and how it will play out is going to be very important.”
His comments are in reaction to former President Donald Trump’s third and latest indictment, this one related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Contrary to common belief, Biden’s Department of Justice is not charging Trump with inciting an insurrection — something he has already been acquitted of by the U.S. Senate. Instead, the DOJ is prosecuting him for stating that the 2020 election was rigged — an opinion shared by many and one that’s protected under the First Amendment.
Presumably, Shapton was confused over the actual charges in the indictment and was trying to make the point that the revered Founding Fathers would never try to “overthrow the government,” as Trump supposedly tried to on Jan. 6, 2021.
Of course, the Founding Fathers did try to “overthrow the government,” and they were successful! The American Revolution — a bloody war to overthrow tyrannical British rule in the colonies — is the reason the United States exists today. Every year on July 4, we commemorate the signing of the historic Declaration of Independence, when the 13 colonies formally announced that they were breaking away from British rule and declaring themselves free and independent.
Amazingly, no one on the “Morning Joe” panel seemed to notice Sharpton’s egregious misunderstanding of American history.
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If anyone deserves indictment, it’s fake reverend not so Sharpton.
That’s one dumb negro.
That’s exactly what he did.
What a maroon! What a SharpTard!
They have the collective IQ of a box of dirt.
Oh they know…. They can’t say anything because… you know…
King George can imagine it....
What an ignorant little man.
The founders regularly mentioned that it would likely require the citizens to take action or lose their freedom.
He DID try. And was successful.
Can Al Not so Sharpton be any more stupid?
“God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always well informed.”
Thomas Jefferson
Can you imagine Martin Luther King Jr owing millions in unpaid taxes?
Translation: we stole an election running a Dementia Patient we hid in a basement. How dare you question us! Questioning an obviously fraudulent, Deep-State-engineered election is a criminal offense. Not allowed! All those daring to question our Swamp Engineered Fraud will be vilified, prosecuted, and jailed as Enemies of The Swamp. Period.
This is exactly what our once great Constitutional Republic has devolved into. And, the point man defending our former Constitutional Republic is an Old School Billionaire from NYC.
Umm...
He did overthrow the government. Along with Washington, Franklin, Adams, and a whole slew of Founding Fathers.
Thank you for the Thomas Jefferson comparison.
Trump 2024 ☑️
“Can you imagine if Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government?”
He did. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Wonder if Sharptom is familiar with that document.
Yep. Stick around...
LOL He did, genius. That was why we had a Revolution.
You’re back! :)
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