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The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?

Al Sharpton

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
AL SHARPTON

Campaign Christian High Presidential Time
The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
AL SHARPTON

Activist Cause Change Job People Social Tense
As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
AL SHARPTON

Discrimination Inequality Long Often Racism Saturate Say Simple Slavery Way
I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
AL SHARPTON

Governor Hard Holler Hoot Say Want Yourself
And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
AL SHARPTON

Divide Nation Right Stronger Ultimate
This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
AL SHARPTON

Agreement Community Department Police Understand
I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
AL SHARPTON

Came Consent Decree Everbody Happen Side Tension Think Understood
Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
AL SHARPTON

Ask Call Charge People Us Victim
You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
AL SHARPTON

Anything Today
One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
AL SHARPTON

Community District Go Kind Nothing Offensive Thing Vast
We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
AL SHARPTON

Back Down Trump Won
There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
AL SHARPTON

Broken Consent Country Decree Department Help Long Place Police Reform Work
The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
AL SHARPTON

Assumption Enough March People Protest Sense Stand
I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
AL SHARPTON

Always Brought Instinct Wrestle
I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
AL SHARPTON

Appear Back Begin Believe Cautious Made Place Progress Roll Thing
What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
AL SHARPTON

Comfortable Community Discomfort Effective Help Load Opinion Oppress Profess Try

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