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Jesse Jackson: Trump's inauguration speech was 'full of hope and inclusion'
WPXI-TV ^ | January 21, 2017 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Posted on 01/22/2017 2:11:56 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Not long after President Donald Trump was sworn in, we happened to run into the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the street. He gave a thumbs-up to Trump’s inauguration speech but said the new commander in chief has much work to do in order to unify a nation riven by a divisive campaign.

“The speech was full of hope and inclusion and he reached out to cities in a way they’ve not been reached out to for a long time,” he said. “But with that must come a target, a timetable and a budget.”

Trump’s speech hit many of the populist chords he refined on the campaign trail, portraying Washington as full of elite insiders indifferent to the common man....

(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: africanamericans; blacks; bluezones; inguration; jessejackson; poverty; speech; trump; trump45; trumpinaugural; urban
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama had no use for JJ.

He is hoping to become relevant again.


41 posted on 01/22/2017 5:40:27 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not long after President Donald Trump was sworn in, we happened to run into the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the street. He gave a thumbs-up to Trump’s inauguration speech but said the new commander in chief has much work to do in order to unify a nation riven by a divisive campaign.

The only ones who made his campaign *divisive* are the leftists who are complaining that it was.

Trump held out the olive branch and they are spitting in his face over it.

42 posted on 01/22/2017 5:41:49 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, THIS is interesting....

Fox had this interview with a Dem Rep who’s willing to work with Trump.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5291722569001/?playlist_id=928378949001#sp=show-clips


43 posted on 01/22/2017 5:44:05 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: newnhdad

Yep...note he’s really looking for the money.


44 posted on 01/22/2017 5:48:58 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: metmom

Did you listen to this loser? He is anti-wall hispanic pandering POS. Fox should be ashamed.


45 posted on 01/22/2017 5:52:27 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: newnhdad

Gotta make nice, doesn’t he have a huge tax bill still?


46 posted on 01/22/2017 5:58:21 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: central_va

Well, he’s a dem. I don’t expect him to agree with EVERYTHING.

But that fact that he’s on board with even some of Trump’s stuff is encouraging and he was openly critical of those who threw their little *boycott the inauguration* temper tantrum.


47 posted on 01/22/2017 6:06:15 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

Faux Snooze playing games again. The guy had an anti wall agenda and they put him on air. It’s all propaganda,


48 posted on 01/22/2017 6:13:55 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Aaron0617

Jesse Jackson has been praising Trump for a long time because they worked together on solving some inner city problems many years ago.

Jackson was very appreciative of Trumps efforts and said so.


49 posted on 01/22/2017 6:20:25 AM PST by poconopundit (Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string. Emerson)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Apparently, Jackson hadn’t yet gotten the memo that Trump’s speech was divisive and anti-semitic.


50 posted on 01/22/2017 6:22:52 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks Jessie...glad you like it..Now go back and help the inner cities...


51 posted on 01/22/2017 6:49:42 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Aaron0617
I agree, bring Jesse to the White House.

Why? He's an irrelevant has-been.

Why doesn't he lead and do something for "his people," instead of waiting on others? Typical black "leadership" mentality.

52 posted on 01/22/2017 6:57:49 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (STOP THE TAPE!)
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To: newnhdad

Yup, that’s what he said “But with that must come a target, a timetable and a budget.”


53 posted on 01/22/2017 7:07:44 AM PST by b4me (If Jesus came to set us free, why are so many professed Believers still in chains?)
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To: poconopundit

Trump is going to clean up Chicago. Jesse wants in. There is a lot of opportunity here for someone like Jackson to become a team player. I would go so far as to say it could lead to a pardon for his kid.


54 posted on 01/22/2017 7:28:05 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (CNN - The Chicken Noodle Network)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Has Hell frozen???? Are pigs flying????


55 posted on 01/22/2017 8:12:09 AM PST by 3catsanadog
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To: BunnySlippers

Oops, Jesse spoke out before getting the text the meme was to be dark and Hilter-esk.


56 posted on 01/22/2017 8:51:35 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“He gave a thumbs-up to Trump’s inauguration speech . . . “

Holy cow, Jesse Jackson??? Hope he’s watching his back.


57 posted on 01/22/2017 2:52:04 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I agree, bring Jesse to the White House.
Why? He's an irrelevant has-been.

To you, maybe. But not to the black community.

For Trump to bring JJ into the White House and get him "on board" would be a yuge step in the right direction of starting to attract Black voters into the Trump camp.

I, for one, am very thankful that President Trump has a good track record of hiring Blacks within his organization, and at high-level positions. So a little less antagonism and a little more effort at inclusion is in order, IMHO...

58 posted on 01/22/2017 3:02:22 PM PST by sargon (LS sez: "The Uniparty Establishment has NO idea what's about to hit them!")
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To: sargon
But not to the black community.

You are talking about 4th or 5th generations of blacks born after the Civil Rights era, who grew up in broken homes with no fathers and can't locate Selma on the map even if you pointed it out to them. Younger blacks have no idea who Jackson and Sharpton are.

For Trump to bring JJ into the White House and get him "on board" would be a yuge step in the right direction of starting to attract Black voters into the Trump camp.

Get him on board with what? Trump reaching out to JJ is appeasement and weakness.

I, for one, am very thankful that President Trump has a good track record of hiring Blacks within his organization

Yes, Trump has hired QUALIFIED blacks. Blacks who actually worked and don't have a criminal history. What has JJ run, besides a token presidential race and an organization funded by rich white leftists and taxpayers?

59 posted on 01/23/2017 5:09:56 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (STOP THE TAPE!)
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To: MagUSNRET

call am ambulance stat, I am laughin so hard

my ribs are playin Dixie on my spin

what ole Jesse really said was hey “T” howbout a touch


60 posted on 01/23/2017 5:14:19 PM PST by advertising guy (I cannot wait for the book KILLING O'REILLY)
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