Filed under: Scandals, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Several blogs have posted the below video of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor, mentor and campaign worker for Sen. Barack Obama, in which Wright says, “Hillary ain’t never been called a n****r”:
Wright is a member of Obama’s African American Religious Leadership Committee. Obama’s campaign hasn’t yet said whether he will be fired for having made these remarks, but Obama last month defended his church at a campaign appearance, saying, “I don’t think my church is actually particularly controversial.”
The Blotter, too, offers up some controversial statements Wright has made in the past:
Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.”
Wright has also said he believes the United States brought on the 9/11 attacks with its own “terrorism.”
The reverend married Obama and his wife Michelle, and baptized their two daughters. Obama has also credited him for coming up with the title of his book, The Audacity of Hope.
