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Rev Al Sharpton responds to Trump, calls the president bigoted, racist and immature, the president's attacks on Sharpton of which follow his attacks on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummins and four freshman congresswomen of color....Sharpton also pushed for economic and educational equity for the Black community in Baltimore and nationwide, and against housing disparities at the press conference against Trump....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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The Rev Al Sharpton at a press conference on July 29, 2019 against President Donald Trump, who verbally attacked the longtime activist, Civil Rights leader and former presidential candidate in a series of tweets  last week Video: The Rev Al Sharpton at a press conference on July 29, 2019 against President Donald Trump, who verbally attacked the longtime activists and Civil Rights leader and former presidential candidate in a series of tweets  last week By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief  at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.   Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT C

Trump keeps up fight with Black community by launching feud with Rev. Al Sharpton, CNN reports

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President Donald Trump and Civil Rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton in happier times By  Devan Cole , CNN Updated 10:35 AM ET, Mon July 29, 2019 Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump launched a feud with the Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday,  escalating a series of attacks  on prominent black leaders and minority progressives. Trump has recently called out minority lawmakers and leaders in an effort to define the Democratic Party and strengthen his base ahead of the 2020 presidential election. His morning tirade against Sharpton, a longtime African-American activist, come after a weekend in which the President repeatedly assailed Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, who is black, and the city of Baltimore, parts of which lie in Cummings' district. Later Monday, Sharpton is set to hold a press conference in Baltimore with former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a Republican, "to address Trump's remarks & bi-partisan outrage in the black community