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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who could soon retake the House Speaker gavel, praised Rev. Al Sharpton and thanked him for "saving America"by helping Democrats win back the majority.

Pelosi made the remark Wednesday at the National Action Network Legislative & Policy Conference, anon-profit civil rights organization founded by Sharpton with the goal of turning out voters for midterm elections.

The House minority leader began by laying out the Democratic Party's agenda before introducing Sharpton.

Were going to be visionary, were going to be unifying, were going to be healing, were going to be transparent in how we do this. Were going to be respectful of other views," Pelosi said. "But were going to try to find our common ground where we can. We have a responsibility to do that but where we cant, stand our ground like a rock. Thats what Thomas Jefferson advised us to do.

She added, Thank you for helping take back America. People all over the place are calling me, writing, in airports, here and there, saying, Thank you for saving America. I give those thanks to you. Thank you for saving America. Reverend Sharpton, thank you for saving America.

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CRTV host Michelle Malkin appeared on "Fox & Friends" Thursday to react, remarking, "Who knew that the midterms were a referendum on Al Sharpton?"

She said she's not shocked to hear comments like this from Pelosi, and it only reiterates how "out of touch" the Democratic leadership is.

She said Sharpton is an extreme, divisive figure who's profited from stoking racial tensions for decades, while lacking any "real constituency."

Malkin said this is a "calculated" move by Pelosi, who's facing a "revolt" from some fellow Democrats who don't want her as Speaker.

"This is what it's really about. It is the worst kind of pandering from Nancy Pelosi."

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BY: Cameron CawthorneNovember 14, 2018 5:59 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Wednesday praised MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton and thanked him for "saving America."

Pelosi spoke at the National Action Network's (NAN) legislative and policy conference, where she laid out the Democratic Party's agenda before introducing Sharpton, who founded the non-profit civil rights organization in 1991. The organization was focused on turning out voters during the midterms.

"We are going to be visionary. We are going to be unifying. We are going to be healing. We are going to be transparent in how we do this. We are going to be respectful of other views, but we are going to try to find our common ground where we can," Pelosi said. "We have a responsibility to do that, but where we can't, stand our ground like a rock. That's what Thomas Jefferson advised us to do."

She went on to tell the conference attendees about how she has received so many letters and phone calls from people thanking her for "saving America." She then said that she would like to give the thanks to the attendees before she introduced Sharpton and thanked him for "saving America," in a clip first flagged by Grabien.

Sharpton, a progressive firebrand and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, hosts MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" on Saturdays and Sundays and has been floated as a potential Democratic contender in the 2020 race to try to defeat Trump. Regarding a presidential run, Sharpton in Augusttold Buzzfeed that he never "rule[s]anything out."

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told an audience this week that when Americas chips were down there was a specific man who rose to the occasion and saved the nation: the Rev. Al Sharpton.

The California Democrat spoke at the National Action Networks (NAN) Legislative & Policy Conference on Wednesday when she cast Mr. Sharpton as a national savior. Mrs. Pelosi said that groundwork laid by the MSNBC host during NANs founding decades ago paid dividends during the midterm elections.

We are going to be visionary, she told an audience in the nations capital. We are going to be unifying. We are going to be healing. We are going to be transparent in how we do this.

Mrs. Pelosi then grabbed Mr. Sharptons hand and shook it with gratitude for the Democratic Partys recent wins at the ballot box.

We are going to be respectful of other views, but we are going to try to find our common ground where we can, she said. We have a responsibility to do that, but where we cant, stand our ground like a rock. Thats what Thomas Jefferson advised us to do. Thank you [NAN] for helping to take back America. Thank you, Rev. Al Sharpton, for saving America.

Mr. Sharpton founded the nonprofit organization in 1991.

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Tuesday at the National Action Network Legislative & Policy Conference, organization founder Al Sharpton said the Trump administration had declared war on minorities.

Sharpton said, We cannot keep telling people in our community to come out and vote and then we dont know what is the agenda and what is going to be accomplished. Voting rights, healthcare particularity pre-existing conditions, criminal justice reform, where are we on these issues and what are they going to do?

He continued, The Democrats have now taken a majority in the House. Well, what is going to be the agenda? We cannot go from fighting to get a majority to whos going to be the Speaker. That is not out agenda. Our agenda is whos going to get Johnny home that shouldnt be doing 40 years in jail? All this Beltway politics does not work on Main Street or Martin Luther King Boulevard.

He added, So we want to hear from our senators and our congresspeople on their vision, and we want to visit them and have dialogue with them. And we want them to know, by having these amount of people from these amount of states here, lets them know, We are going to be in your face. We didnt just vote and go home. We didnt go vote and go back and eat turkey. We are ready for action because we are in an administration that has declared war on us and we want to know whose side everybody is on. Am I right?

(h/t Grabien)

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President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance and other charges. Deputy U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami told reporters that Cohen thought "he was above the law." USA TODAY

The Rev. Al Sharpton during a news conference after visiting with rapper Meek Mill at the state correctional institution in Chester, Pa. on Nov. 27, 2017.(Photo: Matt Rourke, AP)

Not long after pleading guilty to a host of federal charges, Michael Cohen met for breakfast with Rev. Al Sharpton, according to a report from The New York Times.

There, Cohen, the former attorney to President Donald Trump, and Sharpton, a leading Democrat and civil-rights activist, prayed together and ate.

"He seemed to be resolved that he was facing some time," Sharpton told the Times. "He even asked me to pray with him, and we did at the table."

Though Cohen could face a maximum of 65 years in federal prison based on the charges, it's likely he will receive a much more lenient sentence due to sentencing guidelines and an agreement with prosecutors.

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building, in New York, Aug. 21, 2018.(Photo: Richard Drew, AP)

Last month, he pleaded guilty to eight federal charges includinglying about his income to evade income taxes, lying to banks to obtain loans andmaking illegal contributions to benefit Trumps campaign.

Those campaignfinance violations were made to women who alleged affairs withTrump. In his plea, Cohen implicated the president by stating he made the illegal contributions at the direction of Trump.

Since Cohen's apartment, office and hotel were raided in April, he met at least one other time with Sharpton. Both posted on Twitter about meeting and talking together.

Cohen said he's known Sharpton for 20 years and there was "no one better to talk to."

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Sharpton, after the first meeting with Cohen, said the president's former attorney was wanting to clear the air, tell the truth and do right by his family.

"He kept saying to me over and over again, 'Reverend, Im going to do whats right for the country, Im going to do whats right for my family,'" Sharpton told MSNBC.

Sharpton said the fact that Cohen reached out to him, a leading Democrat and critic of Trump, should have been viewed as a "signal" to the president.

It was only about a month after the July meeting that Cohen appeared before a federal judge in New York and pleaded guilty to charges.

Sharpton and Cohen met for breakfast at the Loews Regency hotel on Park Avenue in New York City not long after his plea. Sharpton told the Times that Cohen, the president's former wealthy fixer, seemed mystified at how quickly his life had changed and had turned upside down.

"He seems like a guy who feels like hes been wronged even though hes willing to admit that there may have been some things that he should not have done," Sharpton said.

Cohen has yet to be sentenced. It's unclear whether his testimony could be used in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by the president.

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