Sharpton Just Put Out A Shocking Call To Black Churches Nationwide – It Could Be His Most Dangerous Work Yet

f the Rev. Al Sharpton has his way, black American Christians will help Iran and President Obama get what they want.

“I am calling on ministers in black churches nationwide to go to their pulpits Sunday and have their parishioners call their senators and congressmen to vote yes on the Iran nuclear plan,” Sharpton said last week in his weekly Saturday rally in New York City.

Sharpton claimed black churches have a unique interest in the agreement.

“We have a disproportionate interest, being that if there is a war, our community is always disproportionately part of the armed services, and that a lot of the debate is by people who will not have family members who will be at risk,” Sharpton said. Despite Sharpton’s claim, official documents report that, as of 2014, the U.S. armed forces are 30.7 percent non-white.

Sharpton’s latest call continues a strong pro-treaty position on the part of black lawmakers. In July, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, met with more than 30 members of the Congressional Black Caucus in an effort to get them to oppose the Iran deal. The responses were not positive.

“Is that the Republican guy from Florida?” Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., reportedly laughed when asked if he had met with the ambassador. “We had a long talk.”

Many black lawmakers see the strong anti-treaty tactics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — in particular his address to Congress in March that was not coordinated with the White House – as disrespectful toward the first African-American president. Sharpton said the efforts of black churches nationwide are needed to balance the efforts of those supporting Israel and opposing the agreement.

The most recent Gallup poll found that a mere 33 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of the Iran agreement, while 55 percent disapprove.

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