By Black Radio Network Staff
NEW YORK — In the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, faith leaders gathered at New York City Hall today to call for A Day of Prayer and Reflection. Here are some of the comments of one of the participants, Rev. Al Sharpton, head of the National Action Network:
“Let me begin by saying that on this morning I communicated with Mayor Eric Adams that I felt that it was time that the faith leaders and those that deal in this space of these issues, particularly from a spiritual point of view, no matter what religion we practice, no matter where we serve and minister, to really come out and deal with the normalizing of political violence and to really say in the hometown of former President Donald Trump that we in no way condone or support any violence against him, his family, or his supporters.”
“There is no secret that I’ve been an adamant opponent of him on many issues and he and I have debated and fought for 35 years. Violence is wrong no matter who you oppose. We must have a nation that celebrates the diversity of our views and the democracy of our decisions. We cannot settle our political differences with bullets. We settle them with ballots. That is why we wanted to come across different lines of worship, different political lines. We’re not going to agree. That’s what makes the country work. If he had been of a different party and a different race, I would have called the mayor, it is a test on all of us, if we’re real faith leaders, when we can do it with people we oppose, but saying that we oppose becoming like the people that we’ve shown opposition and behavior in the past.”