Sharpton: Democrats should keep South Carolina as first 2028 primary

Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday pushed for South Carolina to remain the first Democratic primary in the 2028 presidential election.

In a Wednesday press release from the South Carolina Democratic Primary, Sharpton said that “Black voters have shown up for the Democratic Party again and again.”

“South Carolina hasn’t just cast votes in the presidential primary, time after time; it decided the nomination, and ultimately the presidency,” Sharpton added in his statement. “If South Carolina gets quietly bumped after one cycle of convenient praise, that sends a message louder than any speech at a Democratic dinner: the gratitude was performance, not policy.”

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