"Donald Trump is the creature at the end of that road, and Jesse Jackson, who passed away on Tuesday morning, saw that before many allegedly shrewd political minds did. Sail on, Reverend. You were ... somebody."
"Nobody saw more clearly the direction in which the Republican Party was heading than Jesse Jackson did, and nobody saw more clearly the eventual public policy failures of Democrats seeking to carve off conservative voters who already were in the process of losing their minds."
~ Charles Pierce
#JesseJackson #Trump #Republicans
/3
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70394068/jesse-jackson-dead/
"Nobody saw more clearly the direction in which the Republican Party was heading than Jesse Jackson did, and nobody saw more clearly the eventual public policy failures of Democrats seeking to carve off conservative voters who already were in the process of losing their minds."
~ Charles Pierce
#JesseJackson #Trump #Republicans
/3
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70394068/jesse-jackson-dead/
"Donald Trump is the creature at the end of that road, and Jesse Jackson, who passed away on Tuesday morning, saw that before many allegedly shrewd political minds did. Sail on, Reverend. You were ... somebody."
"His life’s work should inspire us not only to defeat the SAVE Act, confront ICE’s massive assault on civil rights, and overturn the assault on the social safety net, but to aspire to a better vision of America."
"Nobody saw more clearly the direction in which the Republican Party was heading than Jesse Jackson did, and nobody saw more clearly the eventual public policy failures of Democrats seeking to carve off conservative voters who already were in the process of losing their minds."
~ Charles Pierce
#JesseJackson #Trump #Republicans
/3
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70394068/jesse-jackson-dead/
"With Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s passing, we lose one of the dwindling number of direct links to Martin Luther King, Jr. and to the mid-20th century Civil Rights generation. ...
Rev. Jackson’s death occurring at the time as the SAVE Act looms over our democracy reminds us of the urgency of unity in fighting to reclaim the promise of America."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #SAVEAct
/1
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/jesse-jacksons-passing-should-stir
"His life’s work should inspire us not only to defeat the SAVE Act, confront ICE’s massive assault on civil rights, and overturn the assault on the social safety net, but to aspire to a better vision of America."
"With Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s passing, we lose one of the dwindling number of direct links to Martin Luther King, Jr. and to the mid-20th century Civil Rights generation. ...
Rev. Jackson’s death occurring at the time as the SAVE Act looms over our democracy reminds us of the urgency of unity in fighting to reclaim the promise of America."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #SAVEAct
/1
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/jesse-jacksons-passing-should-stir
Oh my God. In this old Sesame Street video, Rev. Jesse Jackson leads a beautiful call and response in which he teaches children always to remember that they matter and deserve to be protected, no matter their circumstances. ❤️
RIP Jesse Jackson
Jackson said at the start of the Tangerine Tyrant's first term:
'“The idea of making America great again reopens the wounds in America’s immoral foundation, born in sin & shaped in inequity... We need not for a moment underestimate the damage done to our country... What are we confronted with? There is a tug of war for the soul of America'!
Remains true nearly a decade later.
h/t FT
Oh my God. In this old Sesame Street video, Rev. Jesse Jackson leads a beautiful call and response in which he teaches children always to remember that they matter and deserve to be protected, no matter their circumstances. ❤️
