Rev. Jesse Jackson Arrested Outside Senator Sinema's Office In Protest Against Filibuster

[Mrs. Claw]

Source: ABC 15 AZ

Read more: Link to source

[ret5hd]

1. Good trouble.

[applegrove]

7. +100

[lagomorph777]

23. Yup!

Choose one:

(A) Kill the Filibuster, or
(B) Kill democracy in America.

[onecaliberal]

2. K&R for visibility.

[Walleye]

3. Voted for him in the N.Y. presidential primary.Was it 1988 he was running?

[CountAllVotes]

11. Rev. Jackson ran against Clinton

I voted for him too!

KEEP HOPE ALIVE!!!

Indeed!

& recommend.

[caraher]

12. He ran in '84 and '88

'88 was the year he won seven primaries (notably Michigan, where I volunteered). He won a few in '84 as well but was more of a longshot then.

He did not run in '92 and so was not pitted against Clinton.

[H2O Man]

16. +1

[CountAllVotes]

22. Jesse Jackson '88: Twenty Years Later, Hope Lives On

Run Jesse Run!!!

[joshcryer]

27. Jesse Jackson was the reason the DNC changed delegate rules.

Jesse Jackson should've been the first black VP and then first black President had he and Gary Hart got a fair share of the delegates at the 1984 convention. He got 21% of the vote but only got 8% of the delegates. It was a disgrace. Between he and Gary Hart they had almost 3 million more votes.

[Walleye]

4. How did we get cursed with this senator?Got to be somebody better in Arizona

[Mrs. Claw]

5. I am hoping Congressperson Stanton

or Mayor Gallego make a run at it.

[Walleye]

6. Yeah let's get a real Democrat in there

[Bayard]

9. Same for Manchin

for the good reverend.

[Walleye]

10. Agree but difficult to do. West Virginia is a much redder state than Arizona

[LittleGirl]

14. I'm not voting for her again. eom

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

18. I have often wondered if she is an LDS mole, groomed over the long term

to do their bidding in the Senate.

[lagomorph777]

24. Cursed Cynical needs to be replaced (if we still have a democracy in 2024).

[Walleye]

25. I like the nickname

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Mrs. Claw.

[orleans]

13. Jesse Jackson among 39 arrested at sit-in at Sinema's office

JONATHAN J. COOPER
Mon, July 26, 2021, 5:25 PM

PHOENIX (AP) — Civil rights leaders, including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and William Barber, were among 39 people arrested Monday after refusing to leave the Phoenix office of Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has faced unrelenting pressure from liberal activists over her opposition to ending the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.

Jackson, one of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders, said the U.S. is in a “civilization crisis” with “battle lines drawn," and he urged activists to fight nonviolently for their rights.

“The power’s in you, the people,” Jackson said.

more at link
https://news.yahoo.com/jesse-jackson-among-35-arrested-222514949.html

[riversedge]

15. very good trouble.

[ananda]

17. I hope others will do the same.

Protest and pressure senators until it hurts.. meaning
hurts them enough that they will finally do the right
thing.

[twodogsbarking]

19. Remember when TV made Jesse look like a good guy?

Me neither.

[marble falls]

20. If anyone deserves a peace prize, surely Rev Jesse Jackson does. I got to pass the time of ...

... day with him once for about ten minutes, one on one, in the kitchen of the Rainbow Coalition house in Chicago. Definitely felt I was in the presence of someone with good energy.

We were catering an event, and I was packing up in the kitchen. He had arrived late, and I offered to fix a plate for him. Can't remember what we said except it was light, and I couldn't believe it was him.

[twodogsbarking]

29. Thanks. Good for people to hear.

[Fix The Stupid]

21. I am so confused.

Here we have a sitting Democratic Senator...key word "Democratic".

And then we have a non-elected "Reverend"...(whatever that is...)

Whom to side with in this situation?

Let's review the last couple days here...

We have a giant thread on how evil Eric Clapton is because of his drunken racist remarks from the 70's...

Do we apply the same standard to Mr. Jackson and the whole "Hymie" and Hymietown" remarks from the '80's.?

Do we now think Mr. Jackson is as evil as Mr. Clapton and should not be forgiven for his remarks?

If not - why not? If so - why so?

It's interesting the dynamics of this place at times.

[Mrs. Claw]

26. Please don't compare vaxhole Clapton to Rev. Jackson.

There are no changes to the dynamics.

Not for 53 years.

[Fix The Stupid]

28. Sigh..reading comprehension is important.

I did not compare Mr. Jackson to Mr. Clapton.

I compared the reaction HERE to the 2 stories...

I wish more posters would use their logic and intellect instead of letting their emotions dictate what they post...

We might actually get somewhere...

But then again, logic and truth are not important here... there was a time when it was - I miss those days.

[Jim G.]

30. This One's Not Really Interested In Dialog...

They're just trying to spread around their spammy signature as much as they can to point as many DUers as they can to their shady GoFundMe.

[twodogsbarking]

31. I think you stated things very well .

DU isn't perfect, for sure.