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Al Sharpton reportedly shook down some of America’s leading corporations to buy the racial rabble rouser’s silence on accusations of racism

The New York Post alleges that racial rabble rouser Al Sharpton has received loads of cash for himself and his National Action Network from American corporations to buy his silence on accusations of racism and to buy his support for some of their planned projects. If true, then Al Sharpton is king in the ‘Art of the Shakedown.’

Sharpton has been following in the footsteps of Jesse Jackson, that other race hustler who was adept at blackmailing corporations in order to keep him from urging blacks to boycott their businesses. Instead of threatening them with a boycott, Sharpton threatens to accuse corporations of racism.

Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal & Policy Center, a Virginia-based watchdog group that has produced a book on Sharpton, is quoted as saying:

“Al Sharpton has enriched himself and NAN for years by threatening companies with bad publicity if they didn’t come to terms with him. Put simply, Sharpton specializes in shakedowns.”

The Post claims that:

“For more than a decade, corporations have shelled out thousands of dollars in donations and consulting fees to Sharpton’s National Action Network. What they get in return is the reverend’s supposed sway in the black community or, more often, his silence.”

And a source who has worked with Sharpton told the Post that:

“Once Sharpton’s on board, he plays the race card all the way through. He just keeps asking for more and more money.”

Sharpton and his National Action Network have been enriched by sizable donations from some of America’s leading corporations, including AT&T, McDonald’s, Verizon, Walmart, Macy’s, General Motors, American Honda and Chrysler.

Now you do not have to be at the top of your university graduating class to figure out those donations do not pass the smell test. Surely, those corporations did not fork over all that cash out of love for the racial rabble rouser.

And Sharpton is the guy President Obama turns to as his go-to-guy on matters of race. Furthermore, Sharpton is a close adviser to Sandinista-loving NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, who ran for office on an anti-police platform and who warned his son to fear white cops.

I say shame on all those corporations for caving in to the demands of that “Race Pimp” and “Disgusting Pig”, as actor James Woods calls Sharpton. And what is even sadder is that the President of the United States opens his arms to Sharpton for advice.