Barron Defends Wright, Compares Him to Martin Luther King
By Azi Paybarah
April 30, 2008 | 9:54 a.m.
City Councilman and Obama supporter Charles Barron thinks Barack Obama was wrong to denounce Jeremiah Wright.
“Barack Obama should have said, ‘Rev. Wright is no longer an issue for me. I made my statement .” He added, “He should stick to his campaign issues.”
As for Obama’s former pastor, Barron—a former Black Panther who has embraced black leaders far more controversial than Jeremiah Wright—said, “I agree with Rev. Wright.”
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