Al Sharpton made his umpteenth visit to the White House yesterday to voice his opinions on “climate change.”
Sharpton was one of several Obama-approved clergy to attend the White House Champions of Change Faith Leaders for Climate event.
He told the assembled audience of activists, “it is an issue of justice, and it is an issue of human rights. African-Americans are at a higher risk of being close, or predisposed to areas of carbon, as well as other poisonous pollution in the air. And we have a disproportionate interest because we suffer disproportionately.”
He added, “You cannot, not deal with climate change as a health issue, as a moral issue, and as a civil rights issue,” according to Breitbart.
He also issued a series of tweets quoting himself, as only Sharpton can do:
"We all must deal with climate change as a health issue, moral issue, and a civil rights issue." –@TheRevAl #WHChamps #FaithLeadersOnClimate
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) July 20, 2015
"…If we are faith leaders we have a moral obligation to not defile the Earth that God has given us"-@TheRevAl #FaithleadersOnClimate
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) July 20, 2015
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy tweeted several photos from the event:
https://twitter.com/GinaEPA/status/623241078741827588
In the ultimate coup of multitasking White House priorities, one participant wore an Eric Garner hat:
With #WHChamps of Change who've done so much for their community & Mother Earth! @RevYearwood & Rev Gerald Durley pic.twitter.com/A4m16e14Kz
— Laura Turner Seydel (@LauraSeydel) July 20, 2015
Sharpton’s demands were not clear, though they likely involve money and much of it for him.
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