The Rev. Al Sharpton said his civil rights organization, the National Action Network, is “engaged in immediate conversations” with the White House as they work to name a successor to Attorney General Eric Holder, who is set to announce his resignation Thursday afternoon.
“We are engaged in immediate conversations with the White House on deliberations over a successor whom we hope will continue in the general direction of Attorney General Holder,” Sharpton said in a statement.
Sharpton praised Holder, the first African-American attorney general, as the “best” one in history when it comes to civil rights.
“The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community,” he said. “We are proud that he has been the best Attorney General on Civil Rights in U.S. history and disappointed because he leaves at a critical time when we need his continued diligence most.”
According to a Politico profile in August, in the aftermath of the racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri, Sharpton has become Obama’s “go-to man” on race issues.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether Sharpton is involved in the decision-making process for Holder’s successor.
In his statement, Sharpton further urged Holder or his successor to promptly take over the investigations of both the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, whose fatal encounter with the police triggered the Ferguson protests, and the death of Eric Garner during a New York Police Department arrest in Staten Island.
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There is just no way the Founding Fathers could have predicted the situation we have found ourselves in. Obama says he is a Constitutional scholar, I am beginning to believe it. He has somehow hijacked the entire Executive Branch, steamrolled both houses of Congress and left We the People powerless to defend against his efforts. I’m not sure how we can get our government back without force, but if we don’t we’ll soon be unrecognizable as the nation we once were.
Well, the White House better do as he says.
Wouldn’t it be surprising if Sharpton, himself, is recommended. He already has the qualifications: a TV show on a network no one watches, can read from a teleprompter (sort of), knows how to race-bait with the best, and knows nothing about the law.
Sharpton is a good choice to help pick the next AG. Anyone he recommends should be automatically disqualified…. cuts down on the names to check out. 😉
Just saw Al on TV and I must say he doesn’t look well at all. I just don’t remember him looking so frail. It’s enough to make you wonder if his racism is eating him up inside…
@FMB42: Stop trying to cheer me up.
@Scott+in+Oklahoma:
It is common practice for an enemy to study that which they intend to destroy.
sharpton is an uneducated, racist pig, with a long criminal record. When you have an illegal alien as the leader of this country it makes sense that you would ask a pig for help.