The National Black Church Initiative retracted its calls for MSNBC to suspend and investigate Rev. Al Sharpton over donations his nonprofit accepted from the Harris campaign.
A Black church coalition is walking back its call for MSNBC to suspend and investigate Rev. Al Sharpton after his nonprofit accepted $500,000 in donations from Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign. A week after writing that Sharpton's actions put a 'moral stain on the integrity of the Black Church,' the National Black Church Initiative reversed course, calling its earlier statement 'inappropriate' and saying it regrets the 'misstep.
The National Black Church Initiative slammed Sharpton in a statement shared on its Facebook page last Tuesday, saying the payment raised 'significant moral and journalism ethics' concerns. The coalition, which says it represents 150,000 churches across the country, said it would 'support Rev. Sharpton's suspension' until an investigation was complete.
Sharpton and the National Action Network also did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday. suspended Joe Scarborough and Keith Olbermann in 2010 over political donations. The network previously told the Free Beacon it was 'unaware of the donations' made to Sharpton's nonprofit, but did not say whether the host had been reprimanded. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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