Joe Biden Calls Al Sharpton His ‘Pal’

It’s a crowded field to choose the worst thing about Joe Biden’s dishonest and demagogic speech on Tuesday at the National Constitution Center, but one of the “good friends” he chose to single out in the crowd should top the list:

(You can watch the clip at 2:05 here). If this does not shock you, it should. Al Sharpton is as toxic a figure as exists in American public life, and any decent person should treat him the same way we would treat David Duke. I have previously rounded up some of the most damning writing on “Sharpton’s sins, which include inciting murder, riot, and arson, leading a hoax rape accusation against innocent men, anti-Semitism, and tax evasion,” and much more space would be required here to recapitulate the entirety of that grim resume. I will offer a brief refresher.

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It’s a crowded field to choose the worst thing about Joe Biden’s dishonest and demagogic speech on Tuesday at the National Constitution Center, but one of the “good friends” he chose to single out in the crowd should top the list:

(You can watch the clip at 2:05 here). If this does not shock you, it should. Al Sharpton is as toxic a figure as exists in American public life, and any decent person should treat him the same way we would treat David Duke. I have previously rounded up some of the most damning writing on “Sharpton’s sins, which include inciting murder, riot, and arson, leading a hoax rape accusation against innocent men, anti-Semitism, and tax evasion,” and much more space would be required here to recapitulate the entirety of that grim resume. I will offer a brief refresher.