You do not know much about business, do you? Even here in this state people give money to protect their interests. We hear about it all the time. Just why do you think Al and Jackson blackmail business people? All you have to do is read. It is amazing what people learn in doctor’s offices or other places by listening to others and keeping quiet. Every business in this country who have had “threats” by those 2 characters “donate” money or else they do not have a business anymore. Surely you know that. He is the only one to stand up to the establishment although a few seem to have gotten a backbone. I am very tired of voting for the lesser of 2 evils. Many feel the same way. No one is perfect.
I know a lot about business; I have owned one for 32 years. And not once in all that time have I even considered paying anyone a dime to "protect my interests". I could have and it may have even been the path of least resistance, but I stood my ground and I prevailed.
If Trump paid Sharpton for that reason he is a weasel.