Sharpton compares Ocasio-Cortez to Chisholm at voting rights march

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Today's Top Stories - August 28, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 28, 2026

Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the organizers of this year’s March on Washington, compared New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) to the late presidential candidate Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) while introducing her at the event.

“I know people; I was Shirley Chisholm’s youth director,” Sharpton stated on stage while introducing Ocasio-Cortez, before declaring Chisholm “had the same fire and vigor as this beloved sister of........

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