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senseandsensibility

(24,803 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:53 PM 12 hrs ago

So at trump's deranged "rally" today in in KY he accused Obama of doing a political "hit job" on Jesse Jackson

at his funeral last week. Then he said that Jesse Jackson's family was mad at Obama and confronted him outside the funeral. He said he loved watching it.

I know there is almost no chance that this is based on anything. But if it is, does anyone know what?

He was also extra orange and shiny and told a lot of lies. Not even FAUX would cover it.

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So at trump's deranged "rally" today in in KY he accused Obama of doing a political "hit job" on Jesse Jackson (Original Post) senseandsensibility 12 hrs ago OP
Obama's speech was beautiful. LuvLoogie 12 hrs ago #1
Yes, I watched the whole thing senseandsensibility 12 hrs ago #3
He's on home ground. Turbineguy 12 hrs ago #2
LOL so he watched it knowing he wasn't invited leftstreet 11 hrs ago #4
Apparently Jesse JAckson Jr criticized Obama, Biden and Clinton Wiz Imp 11 hrs ago #5
Okay I didn't know anything about that senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #7
Thanks for the clarification MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #8
Jackson Jr. just had some comments at the family's memorial, the day after the larger memorial. WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #6

LuvLoogie

(8,774 posts)
1. Obama's speech was beautiful.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:06 PM
12 hrs ago

trump shits on it because he knows he could never come close to eliciting anything but loathing and the rabid psychosis of sycophants

senseandsensibility

(24,803 posts)
3. Yes, I watched the whole thing
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:09 PM
12 hrs ago

and he had the crowd in the palm of his hand. I saw no sign of there being bad blood between Obama and the Rev.

Wiz Imp

(9,796 posts)
5. Apparently Jesse JAckson Jr criticized Obama, Biden and Clinton
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:17 PM
11 hrs ago

From what I can tell, Jesse Jackson Jr, is a sniveling little piece of shit who was convicted of campaign fraud years ago and is mad because Obama and Biden wouldn't issue him a pardon. One person disgraced Jesse Jackson's legacy and that person was Jesse JAckson jr.


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senseandsensibility

(24,803 posts)
7. Okay I didn't know anything about that
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:34 PM
11 hrs ago

I wonder if there is any truth to that claim that that's why Michele Obama wasn't there. Not that I blame her one way or another.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,920 posts)
8. Thanks for the clarification
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:49 PM
11 hrs ago

It sounds like Jesse Jackson Jr hasn't truly taken responsibility for his actions. He's just mad that he was punished. That's on him, not Obama & Biden.

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,844 posts)
6. Jackson Jr. just had some comments at the family's memorial, the day after the larger memorial.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:24 PM
11 hrs ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jesse-jackson-obama-biden-clinton-funeral-b2934547.html

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s son took a swipe at three former U.S. presidents after Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden paid tribute at his father’s memorial service.

Jesse Jackson Jr., in his own eulogy at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on Saturday, argued that the former leaders did not truly know his father.

“Yesterday, I listened for several hours of three United States presidents who do not know Jesse Jackson,” Jackson Jr. said.

“He maintained a tense relationship with the political order, not because the presidents were white or Black, but the demands of our message, the demands of speaking for the least of these – those who are disinherited, the damned, the dispossessed, the disrespected – demanded not Democratic or Republican solutions, but demanded a consistent, prophetic voice that at no point in time sold us out as a people.”
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