Daily News | Rev. Al Sharpton ignites an exuberant get-out-the-vote rally and worship service in North Philadelphia
The speakers who gathered in the back office before Sunday’s service at Bright Hope Baptist Church in North Philadelphia were all local, and they had more than worship on their agenda.
And to bring it all home, McKinney invited his friend and colleague, the Rev. Al Sharpton, to swing down from New York and do his thing. And Sharpton did not disappoint. Of course, Sharpton made it crystal clear for whom he wanted folks to vote. A staple on TV as an opinionated host and political analyst, the 68-year-old is the founder of the National Action Network and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.
Sharpton chided Philadelphians for paying more attention to the World Series than the election and noted that he had arrived long before former President Donald Trump, who is scheduled to