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Al Sharpton is a pathetic creature.

Waving his ordained mantle, he draws riches from human misery.

And now, following Saturday's horrific events in Charlottesville, Va., Rev. Al Sharpton has popped up again. Writing in the Guardian, Sharpton promised to lead responsive action for the atrocity that has occurred. He is "mobilizing from the ground up and gathering in the nation's capital on 28 August for a Ministers March for Justice."

It sounds genuinely good. It isn't.

Like all his other activities, this march will use a pretense of moral righteousness for the return of monetary greed. After all, its organizer is Sharpton's own National Action Network.

While the network claims to pursue "one standard of justice" and civil rights, its words are just another pretense. The network's real purpose? Dredging up hundreds of thousands of dollars in "salary" for Sharpton's wallet. We should also assume that the good reverend collects significant tax-free expenses from his charity. Remember, even as he demands first class flights and 5-star hotel suites, Sharpton has long struggled to pay his taxes.

When it comes to God's work, every dollar helps.

The National Action Network is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Sharpton's greed. In 2005, just one year after running for U.S. president, Sharpton featured as a commercial representative for car loan-shark company, Loan Max. The reverend insisted that his behavior was moral.

In more recent years, Sharpton has found a new profitable venture: using young black bodies as piggy banks. Eric Garner, who was killed in a 2014 altercation with New York City police officers, was one such bank for Sharpton. As Mr. Garner's eldest child noted in a 2015 James O'Keefe video, Sharpton is "all about [the money]." In that same video, a fundraiser for killed Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, describes how Sharpton takes hefty percentages of charitable donations for "fees." As the activist puts it, Sharpton and his posse are "shakedown guys."

Somehow, the slippery Sharpton always escape these scandals. Today, he continues to be employed by MSNBC, hosting a show that remains a perpetual ratings disaster.

Of course, in his Guardian piece, Sharpton cultivates a different image: that of a thoughtful statesman. "During these difficult and tense times," he sermonizes, "people look toward leaders to calm tensions and encourage people to come together against evil."

Translation? The reverend stands ready to preach for a profit.

In 2014, I anointed Sharpton the most boring public figure of the year. He is, I said, "repetitive and tedious."

But I was wrong. Sharpton isn't just repetitive and tedious, he's grotesque and unyielding. There are many patriots for civil rights, but this reverend is just a huckster in holy clothes.

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Reverend-huckster Al Sharpton smells a Charlottesville profit - Washington Examiner