Posted on 07/31/2013 12:31:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is asking civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to apologize for “reckless and divisive” comments following the jury verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial.
Jackson on Tuesday called Florida “the Selma of our time.” The remark follows Jackson saying Florida was an “Apartheid State,” after a jury earlier this month found Zimmerman not guilty on all charges in the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin.
“Jesse Jackson owes every Floridian an apology for his reckless and divisive comments,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “It is unfortunate that he would come to Florida to insult Floridians and divide our state at a time when we are striving for unity and healing.”(continued)
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Can the Gov put Jesse Jackson on a no fly list ,if he can maybe it will catch on with other states
I’m just checking back — did Scott get his apology from Jackson yet?
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