Washington, April 9 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:
LEADER JEFFRIES: What an honor and a privilege to be back at NAN, as Reverend Sharpton has indicated, year after year after year. I'm proud to be a card-carrying member of the National Action Network, the preeminent civil rights organization here in the United States of America. And I'm certainly so thankful for Reverend Sharpton, for all that he represents, for his leadership, for his friendship, his mentorship and his partnership. We know that Reverend Sharpton is a civil rights champion, a powerful voice for the voiceless, a defender of democracy and the disenfranchised. And Reverend Sharpton has been on this journey consistently year after year, decade afte...