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| | [[Barack Obama]] claims that he didn't know that Jeremiah Wright held hateful sermons but went to the church for at least several years. | | [[Barack Obama]] claims that he didn't know that Jeremiah Wright held hateful sermons but went to the church for at least several years. |
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| − | Wright says he voted for Obama in November 2008 and doesn't have any regrets over his severed relationship with President Obama. He suggested White House advisers were keeping the two separate, "Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/10/wright-suggests-jews-white-house-wont-let-speak-obama/ Rev. Wright Says 'Them Jews' Won't Let Obama Talk to Him] Fox News, June 10, 2009</ref> | + | Wright says he voted for Obama in November 2008 and doesn't have any regrets over his severed relationship with President Obama. He suggested White House advisers were keeping the two separate, "Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me." <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/10/wright-suggests-jews-white-house-wont-let-speak-obama/ Rev. Wright Says 'Them Jews' Won't Let Obama Talk to Him] Fox News, June 10, 2009</ref> |
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| | ==Inflammatory statements== | | ==Inflammatory statements== |
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| | Wright implied that | | Wright implied that |
| | * the [[HIV]] virus was spread by the United States government to wipe out the black population<ref>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-wright%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cgod-damn-america%E2%80%9D-sermon/</ref> | | * the [[HIV]] virus was spread by the United States government to wipe out the black population<ref>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-wright%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cgod-damn-america%E2%80%9D-sermon/</ref> |
| − | * [[9/11]] was "the chicken's come home to roost."<ref>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2008/05/post_13.html</ref><ref>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/</ref> | + | * [[9/11]] was "the chicken's come home to roost."<ref>https://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2008/05/post_13.html</ref><ref>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/</ref> |
| | * the Jews were preventing him from speaking with Barack Obama. He later claimed he was referring to [[Zionism|Zionists]], not all Jews,<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/rev-wright-i-meant-to-say-zionists-are-keeping-me-from-talking-to-president-obama-not-jews.html</ref> and he later issued an apology to the Jewish community via [[Facebook]].<ref>http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/12/wright-apologizes-for-them-jews-as%20museum-re/</ref> | | * the Jews were preventing him from speaking with Barack Obama. He later claimed he was referring to [[Zionism|Zionists]], not all Jews,<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/rev-wright-i-meant-to-say-zionists-are-keeping-me-from-talking-to-president-obama-not-jews.html</ref> and he later issued an apology to the Jewish community via [[Facebook]].<ref>http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/12/wright-apologizes-for-them-jews-as%20museum-re/</ref> |
| | * [America] "The land of the greed and the home of the slave." <ref>Mark Levin Radioshow 11-04-2009</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfumgUTm5I Video of the relevant part of the speech]</ref><ref>http://www.aim.org/aim-column/controversial-new-video-of-obamas-pastor/</ref> | | * [America] "The land of the greed and the home of the slave." <ref>Mark Levin Radioshow 11-04-2009</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfumgUTm5I Video of the relevant part of the speech]</ref><ref>http://www.aim.org/aim-column/controversial-new-video-of-obamas-pastor/</ref> |