Donald Trump paid tribute to a civil rights leader by tearing apart Barack Obama and trashing Democrats for calling him a racist.
Reverend Jesse Jackson, a former US presidential candidate, died on Tuesday morning at the age 84 surrounded by loved ones, according to his family.
The President issued a statement praising Jackson as a ‘good man’ with a lot of ‘street smarts’ before using the tribute to attack his political enemies.
‘Despite the fact that I am falsely and consistently called a Racist by the Scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left, Democrats ALL, it was always my pleasure to help Jesse along the way,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump went on to claim that he provided office space for Jackson’s social justice non-profit for years in the Trump Building in Manhattan.
The President also bragged that he helped sign criminal justice reform into law during his first administration as a favor to Jackson.
‘Jesse was a force of nature like few others before him,’ Trump continued, before pointedly emphasizing Obama’s middle name. ‘He had much to do with the Election, without acknowledgment or credit, of Barack Hussein Obama, a man who Jesse could not stand.’
‘He loved his family greatly, and to them I send my deepest sympathies and condolences. Jesse will be missed!’
Jackson, who was born in 1941 in the Jim Crow South, was one of the most influential civil rights leaders of the 21st century.
He dedicated his life to advocating for voting rights and job opportunities for racial minorities across the country.
