Jesse Jackson Jr. Criticizes Barak Obama, Joe Biden & Bill Clinton Over Comments Made During Their Funeral Speeches for His Father
Reverend Jesse Jackson‘s son Jesse Jackson Jr. is not happy with former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Bill Clinton over comments they made during their speeches at his funeral.
On Saturday (March 7), he spoke to the crowd at his father’s Rainbow Push Coalition headquarters in Chicago and said he listened to the eulogies given by Obama, Biden, and Bill, but said the men didn’t really know or understand his father.
Jesse Jr. also said his dad “maintained a tense relationship with the political order,” per TMZ.
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“He said all his father wanted was to get out ‘our message’ to help the dispossessed and disrespected — while demanding a consistent, prophetic voice that did not cut across party lines or sell out the people,” reports the outlet.
Obama did bring up the current state of the United States during his speech, saying there is a “new assault on our democratic institutions” every day.
“We’re told by those in high office to fear each other and to turn on each other, and that some Americans count more than others, and that some don’t even count at all,” Obama said. Biden agreed with him and said the Trump Administration doesn’t share “any of the values we have.”
Clinton actually spoke about his relationship with Jackson, and not politics, despite what his son said.
Reverend Jackson passed away in February at the age of 84.