Doesn’t Al Sharpton have his own key to the White House by now? Soon after the 2012 election, the MSNBC host was summoned along with other “progressive journalists” apparently to pick up the administration’s talking points by hand. And last August, Sharpton sat down with the president in his role as an African-American faith leader to discuss voting rights, closing the gap on education, unemployment, and access to health care.”
This weekend he was a guest at the state dinner for French President François Hollande, and Today Al “Tawana Brawley” Sharpton again shared a table with President Obama and Attorney General Eric “Fast and Furious” Holder, this time to discuss criminal justice reform.
Leaders from Civil Rights groups meeting w President Obama @ White House re criminal justice reform. w Al Sharpton. pic.twitter.com/hqweliFEJN
— Stephen Crowley (@Stcrow) February 18, 2014
That’s quite a bit of access to the president by an MSNBC host, isn’t it?
MS/NBC's Rev Al Sharpton meeting at the White House today
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) February 18, 2014
Speaks volumes, doesn't it? @gretawire: MS/NBC's Rev Al Sharpton meeting at the White House today
— Mitch G, Thats Me. (@mgcat) February 18, 2014
@gretawire RT MS/NBC's Rev Al Sharpton meeting at the White House today// Easy, stomach, don't turn over now
— Michael P Sumners (@msumners) February 18, 2014
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Update: We’d certainly like to hear “in detail” this administration’s vision for the criminal justice system. A fundamental transformation, maybe? Good thing MSNBC sent a correspondent to this closed-door meeting. What’s the story, Rev. Al?
In closed-door meeting today, Obama & Holder "described in detail" their vision of changes to criminal justice system, participant says
— John Gramlich (@johngramlich) February 18, 2014
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