Activist Al Sharpton was roasted on social media after asking viewers to imagine if the founding fathers had overthrown a government.
During an appearance on MSNBC on Wednesday, Sharpton shared his thoughts over former President Donald Trump’s third criminal indictment.
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“This is just as low as it gets. I’ve never heard of three cases on one individual in three jurisdictions, so this is serious,” he said.
The social justice activist then cited Thomas Jefferson or James Madison, two of the founding fathers, who actually played major roles in overthrowing the British during the American Revolution.
“The sad part about this to me is that this is not a man that is facing all this because he believed in a political position or political policy or cause,” Sharpton claimed.
“I’ve seen people go down the wrong side for a cause. This is all about him. This is narcissism with steroids and to think that he could get this whole country divided and split and commit these crimes — and have others commit crimes off his own self-aggrandizement — is as sick as it gets,’ he continued.
Sharpton’s bizarre comments has been making the rounds on social media, with many mocking him and pointing out that the founding fathers did, in fact, overthrow a government.
“It always amuses me when Democrats praise slave owners. It’s just an added bonus that these guys actually did overthrow a government they didn’t like,” conservative commentator Derek Hunter tweeted.
“The best part is that MSNBC chose to clip this because they thought it was a good look,” TheBlaze host Auron MacIntyre wrote.
“At the risk of pedantry, Jefferson argued toward the end of his life that democracies ought to have revolutions about every 20 years,” a random person posted on Twitter.
This comes as Trump has been indicted for the third time over his alleged involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
Trump was charged with four federal counts out of the investigation, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S.; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.
This is the second time in American history that a former president has faced criminal charges.
