{"id":36277,"date":"2020-06-17T22:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T02:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=36277"},"modified":"2020-06-23T00:32:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T04:32:24","slug":"sharptons-lucrative-political-lifestyle-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2020\/06\/17\/sharptons-lucrative-political-lifestyle-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharpton\u2019s “Lucrative” Political Lifestyle Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a recent edition of \u201cThe Ingraham Angle\u201d on the Fox News Channel, host Laura Ingraham asked Project 21<\/a> <\/strong>Co-Chairman Horace Cooper<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cWhy does [Al] Sharpton keep getting away with this really lame act?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ingraham was referring to Sharpton’s habit of showing up and injecting himself into as many \u201ccivil rights\u201d disputes as possible. Most recently, he was giving the eulogy<\/a><\/strong> at George Floyd\u2019s funeral \u2013 which unsurprisingly became largely a political diatribe rather than a tribute to the deceased.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s because, as Horace pointed out, Sharpton appears to have made the crusade for civil rights all about him. And it\u2019s paid off. Horace explained:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s absolutely lucrative!<\/p>\n

He has no actual purpose. There isn\u2019t anything positive or that he brings to the table. Not in Ferguson. Not in Florida with the Trayvon Martin case. Not here. Certainly not with Tawana Brawley<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But it is lucrative. You don\u2019t have to worry about not paying your taxes<\/a><\/strong>. You don\u2019t have to worry about being responsible with the nonprofit status<\/a><\/strong> you have. It turns out it is quite lucrative.<\/p>\n

How many times was he invited<\/a><\/strong> to the White House? He practically had his own room. Other than the Lincoln Bedroom \u2013 it should have been the Sharpton Room, he was there at the Obama Administration White House so many times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n