Statement from Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.: News Media Should Not Surrender to President’s Phony “Emergency”
Today on behalf of the Rainbow Push Coalition, Rev. Jesse Jackson released a statement urging media not to respond to the national address of Pres. Donald Trump as if it is an emergency. A statement by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President Donald Trump’s address to the nation tonight will be little more than a political commercial. The news media should not surrender to his phony “emergency.” There is no crisis at the southern border. No caravans, trying to sneak in; no terrorists coming across in mass numbers. The greatest number of undocumented immigrants in the United States are those who have overstayed their visas after coming here legally by plane. He has shutdown the government for 18 days – and counting – over a broken and ridiculous campaign promise to build an expensive and unnecessary wall, a wall for which he assured the nation Mexico would pay. It is a contradiction for the media to say this President lies the most an...