Donald Trump may have scared off several major corporations from sponsoring the Republican National Convention. But those same companies have not shied away from financially supporting Al Sharpton’s controversial nonprofit, the National Action Network, Heat Street has learned.
Like Trump, Sharpton has courted much controversy over the years, much of which involves race, religion and sexuality. He most notably has yet to apologize for championing Tawana Brawley’s false, racially charged rape accusations against a New York assistant district attorney and a state trooper in the 1980s. Sharpton has also made slurs against Jews, Asians and gays; has been accused of being an FBI informant; and has had numerous tangles over unpaid taxes.
Nevertheless, he and his nonprofits have commanded high levels of support from corporate America in recent decades–including from the very companies now balking at Donald Trump.
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Sharpton earned a $412,000 salary from National Action Network ...
http://heatst.com/politics/these-corporations-dumped-trump-at-the-rnc-but-support-al-sharpton/
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