{"id":1990362,"date":"2023-08-03T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharpton-ridiculed-amid-response-to-trump-indictment\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T21:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:44:33","slug":"al-sharpton-ridiculed-amid-response-to-trump-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharpton-ridiculed-amid-response-to-trump-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Sharpton mocked over Trump indictment reaction."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fal-sharpton-ridiculed-amid-response-to-trump-indictment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Andrew\u200b Burton\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>6:18 PM \u2013 Thursday, August 3, 2023 <\/p>\n<p>Civil rights leader Al Sharpton, was mocked\u2064 by \u200dconservatives after \u200bhis response regarding former President Donald Trump\u2019s indictment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, during \u2063MSNBC\u2019s <em>Morning Joe,<\/em> Sharpton compared the recent Trump indictment to if James Madison or Thomas Jefferson \u200bhad \u201ctried to overthrow the government.\u201d The leader\u2019s remarks were mocked\u200d on social media since the Founding Fathers were key\u2064 figures in the American Revolution against British rule.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOne day, our children\u2019s children will read American history, and can you imagine our reading that James \u200dMadison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow\u200b the government so they could stay in power? That\u2019s what we\u2019re\u200d looking at,\u201d Sharpton said.\u200d \u201cWe\u2019re\u2062 looking at American history, and \u2063how it will play out is going to be\u200d very important.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019re\u200d looking at American \u2064history\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you \u2064imagine our reading that James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow \u2064the government so they could stay \u200din power?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is \u200bnarcissism with steroids\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRevAl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheRevAl<\/a>\u2069 on \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morning_Joe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Morning_Joe<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qZqpZj6Zvp\">pic.twitter.com\/qZqpZj6Zvp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1686720247208751104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump was indicted on\u2063 Tuesday on four felony counts, including conspiracy to defraud the \u2064United States over his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.\u2064 It is \u200dbelieved that \u2062Sharpton confused the current indictment with Trump\u2019s prior arraignment regarding January \u20646, 2021, trying to make \u200cthe point \u2063that the revered Founding Fathers would \u2064never try \u200cto\u2063 \u201coverthrow the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after his remarks, memes \u2064of a confused Sharpton started flowing on social media. Commenters\u2063 mocked his remarks due to the fact \u2063that both Madison and Jefferson did \u2062\u201coverthrow the government\u201d while \u200dthe\u2062 British\u2063 still ruled the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what happens \u200bwhen people\u2064 get \u2064all of their U.S. \u200chistory from Howard Zinn. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L05yom6iRl\">https:\/\/t.co\/L05yom6iRl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SFK (@stephenkruiser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenkruiser\/status\/1686879179596496896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, \u20632023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apart from him misrepresenting what the challenges to the 2020 election were based on, Wait until MSNBC learns about the founding \u2064of the country! I&#8217;m not sure what&#8217;s better \u2014\u200b that he said this\u2063 or that MSNBC decided to highlight it for their Twitter followers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/64n7SdMZal\">https:\/\/t.co\/64n7SdMZal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZHemingway\/status\/1686830856160124928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh I\u2063 can definitely imagine reading that James Madison \u200dand Thomas Jefferson overthrew a corrupt government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l2qIpqTrSh\">https:\/\/t.co\/l2qIpqTrSh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1686876445841190912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2062news blasts directly to your inbox for \u200cfree. 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With the transcript from \u200dhis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amb-sondland-sues-pompeo-state-department-for-1-8m-in-legal-fees\/\" title=\"Amb. 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During MSNBC&#8217;s Morning Joe, Sharpton drew a comparison between the indictment and historical figures like James Madison or Thomas Jefferson attempting to overthrow. 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