Al Sharpton Accuses Donald Trump of Plotting ‘Voter Intimidation’ Against Blacks

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Al Sharpton Accuses Donald Trump of Plotting ‘Voter Intimidation’ Against Blacks

By Will Bredderman • 10/22/16 11:50am

 

Rev. Al Sharpton used a weekly gathering at the Harlem headquarters of his National Action Network to lash out at Donald Trump, and accused the sagging GOP nominee of racism and of conspiracy to suppress African-American turnout.

 

The controversial civil rights leader assembled an array of New York City politicians and activists at his 145th Street base this morning for the ostensible purpose of protesting NYPD Sergeant Hugh Barry’s shooting of Deborah Danner on Tuesday night. But he began his address, broadcast via radio and his website, by attacking Trump’s claims that widespread impropriety at the polls could deliver the presidency to Hillary Clinton next month—and by asserting the Queens-born businessman’s calls for his followers to monitor voting sites are in fact aimed at preventing blacks from casting a ballot.

 

The Republican candidate even indicated in the final presidential debate this week that he might not concede the election if the results prove unfavorable to him.

 

“I’m going to deal with the focus on ‘voter fraud,’ that—and ‘rigged election’—that Donald Trump has been trying to use, and the danger of voter intimidation,” Sharpton said