Sharpton: Trump Is a 'Symbol of Northern Bigotry'
Al Sharpton
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe ”  network weekend host Al Sharpton  said President Donald Trump was “a symbol of Northern bigotry.”
 Sharpton  said  “ He  never left the Queens way   he  and  his  father were sued for racial discrimination for who they would rent apartments to. So when you read in The New York Times   him  being quoted by two sources saying all Haitians have AIDS  Nigerians won’t go home to their huts if we let them in the country  it speaks of a man that we in New York knew at various times. Now   he  and the White House has denied it  but it’s certainly not out of the character of what  he  has said and done.  He  led the fight that wanted to [give the] death penalty for five guys in Central Park that did this egregious despicable act of rape. They ended up not doing it. Many of us said it was questionable.  He  still said give them the death penalty. That’s who  he  is.”
 He  continued  “I think a lot of Americans look at Civil Rights and race relations in the South in the ’60s and miss New York in the ’80s where you had many  many incidents.”
 He  added  “They get away with it because don’t want to talk about up North kind of problems and Trump symbolizes it. Trump is as much a symbol of Northern bigotry as you have others that were Southern.”
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe ”  [TGT]said President Donald Trump was “a symbol of Northern bigotry.”
 [TGT]said  “ He  never left the Queens way   he  and  his  father were sued for racial discrimination for who they would rent apartments to. So when you read in The New York Times   him  being quoted by two sources saying all Haitians have AIDS  Nigerians won’t go home to their huts if we let them in the country  it speaks of a man that we in New York knew at various times. Now   he  and the White House has denied it  but it’s certainly not out of the character of what  he  has said and done.  He  led the fight that wanted to [give the] death penalty for five guys in Central Park that did this egregious despicable act of rape. They ended up not doing it. Many of us said it was questionable.  He  still said give them the death penalty. That’s who  he  is.”
 He  continued  “I think a lot of Americans look at Civil Rights and race relations in the South in the ’60s and miss New York in the ’80s where you had many  many incidents.”
 He  added  “They get away with it because don’t want to talk about up North kind of problems and Trump symbolizes it. Trump is as much a symbol of Northern bigotry as you have others that were Southern.”