Al Sharpton Slapped With the Facts

In the debate on the place of Confederate statues in American society, liberal political commentator Al Sharpton is firmly on the side of: absolutely nowhere. He made that abundantly clear during a recent interview with PBS’ Charlie Rose.

During his interview with Rose, Sharpton said that he doesn’t want his tax dollars to support monuments honoring even men who owned slaves. Specifically, he mentioned the monstrous Thomas Jefferson memorial in Washington D.C.

“This is personal to us. My great-grandfather was a slave in South Carolina,” Sharpton said. “People need to understand that people were enslaved.” ​Because his family was a victim of slavery, Sharpton said his tax dollars shouldn’t be forced to support an image of what he feels is oppression.

After the interview aired, people were quick to point out the hypocrisy of Sharpton’s comments. He doesn’t want his money to go to these monuments, yet he is notoriously known for owing millions to the Internal Revenue Service. How can he complain when he doesn’t pay his taxes?

Al Sharpton should pay his back taxes before he preaches on public funds

— Deplorable Covfefe (@Trump_Videos) August 18, 2017

Al Sharpton says “our tax dollars are paying for these public monuments”.

When did he start paying taxes?

— David Fricke (@frickeville) August 19, 2017

Tell Al Sharpton to pay all his back taxes first.

— Darren Gaskin (@kentuckyrunner) August 18, 2017

Al Sharpton needs to pay his taxes before he has a say in what the government funds.

— James Bush (@jlbush62sanger) August 18, 2017

Al Sharpton has no say – he does not pay his taxes, should actually be in jail.

— RonnieRaySr. (@ronnieraysr) August 18, 2017

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