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The shameful behavior caught the attention of the civil rights leader’s son, Jesse Jackson Jr. , who decried the political posturing as inappropriate for the occasion. “Do not bring your politics, out of respect to Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the life that he lived, to these ongoing services. Come respectful, and come to say thank you. But these ongoing services are welcome to ALL – Democrat, Republican, liberal, and conservative. Right-wing, left-wing. Because his life is broad enough to cover the full spectrum of what it means to be an American,” Jackson Jr. , a former Democratic congressman from Illinois, chastised.
The son of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson chides the left for turning his father’s funeral into a political rally against President Trump and Republicans:
“DO NOT bring your politics, out of respect to Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the life that he lived, to these ongoing… pic.twitter.com/TNYJKPqJBs
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