Jesse Jackson Jr. criticizes Biden, Obama and Clinton at his late father’s memorial service

During his father Memorial service on SaturdayJesse Jackson Jr. sharply criticized the tributes given to former Democratic presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, pointing out that the trio had one thing in common: They didn’t really know his father.

“Yesterday I spent several hours listening to three US presidents who didn’t know Jesse Jackson.” Jackson Jr. said on Saturday.

The pastor’s son pointed out that his father’s life was not determined by the “political order” but by a commitment to those who were marginalized.

“He maintained a strained relationship with the political order, not because the presidents were white or black, but because the demands of our embassy, the demands to speak for the least of these – the disinherited, the damned, the dispossessed, the disrespected – did not demand it.” Democratically or Republican solutions, but demanded a consistent, prophetic voice that at no point sold us out as a people,” Jackson Jr. continued.

Jesse Jackson died on February 17th in Chicago at the age of 84.

After Rev. Jackson’s death, his son held a press conference calling for politics to be kept out of services and for the focus to remain on Jackson’s legacy.

“Don’t insert your politics into these ongoing services out of respect for Rev. Jesse Jackson and the life he lived. Come respectfully and say thank you. But these ongoing services are welcome to ALL – Democrats, Republicans, liberals and conservatives. Right and left. Because his life is broad enough to cover the full spectrum of what it means to be an American.” Jackson Jr. said in Februarya day after his father’s death.

The former vice president was among the notable attendees who paid their respects in Chicago to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson – a longtime civil rights activist, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Kamala Harrisformer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rev. Al Sharpton and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Obama, Clinton and Biden each spoke at Jackson’s funeral.

Obama He reportedly took aim During his speech, he told President Donald Trump: “Every day we face a new attack on our democratic institutions.”

Bill Clinton called Jackson a friend and recalled his conversation with the pastor during his ouster.

Biden told mourners at the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s memorial service Friday that he was “a lot smarter than most of you,” a pointed remark that stood out during his tribute to the late civil rights leader. Biden made the comment while recounting how he was mocked as a child for his stutter and how speech impediments are often confused with a lack of intelligence.

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Overall, the memorial focused primarily on Jackson’s legacy as a civil rights activist who helped shape the modern Democratic Party and expand political participation in the United States.

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Fox News’ Patrick McGovern, Greg Norman-Diamond and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.

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