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BY: David Rutz February 3, 2017 10:41 am

Liberal MSNBC host Al Sharpton said Wednesday that Senate Democrats should give "the big payback"to Republicans over President Trump's Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch.

Sharpton argued that Republicans refusing to give a hearing to Merrick Garland, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee last year, merited similar treatment by Democrats for the "very conservative" Gorsuch, Breitbart reported.

"He's being nominated to sit in Garland's seat," Sharpton said. "President Barack Obama nominated Judge Garland, who has got as much or more qualifications as this nominee, to have been the Supreme Court judge They stalled, they filibustered, they would not even give a hearing to Judge Garland. It is time for the Democrats now to say since you changed the rules, you're going to have to live by the rules that you applied to President Obama's nominee, and we are not going to allow you to change it, and we will use those rules to block this nominee, Judge Gorsuch."

"The Bible says that you sow thatthat same thing shall you also reap. But Bill Bellamy had a better ideathey should come in the Senate and replay The Big Payback,' James Brown song," Sharpton continued. "Bill was right, just take one of them old blasters, Chuck Schumer, and blast out The Big Payback.' You took my judge. That ain't right. Wouldn't give a hearing. You know that I'm tightthe big payback."

However, Democrats were in the minority last year and failed to recapture the Senatein the 2016 election. As such, it is expected that Gorsuch will ascend to the Supreme Court.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) can invoke the "nuclear option," which would eliminate the Democrats' ability to filibuster Gorsuch's nomination should they choose to do so. With the GOP holding 52 seats, Gorsuch could then be confirmed with a simple majority.

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia a year ago touched off a debate in 2016 over whether Supreme Court nominees should be acted on in an election year. Republicans cited then-Sen. Joe Biden's declaration in 1992 that no Supreme Court nomination should be made by President George H.W. Bush until after that November's election. Democrats angrily called on the Republicans to "do their job" and give Garland a hearing, but they did not budge.

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Wednesday on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, while discussing President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, left-wing activist Al Sharpton quoted a James Brown song to urge Senate Minority LeaderChuck Schumer to give the Republicans the big payback, for refusing to give Judge Merrick Garland a hearing.

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Sharpton said, As I watched last night President Trump nominate Judge Gorsuch be in the Supreme Court first of all lets be clear, Gorsuch is a very conservative, go by the Founding Fathers kind of interpretation of how you deal with Constitutional law and would sit on that court and would rule in a way that would be against the interests of those of us that clearly when the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, was not considered full human beings and full citizens. So when you deal with the mentality and the legal profile ofJudge Gorsuch, it is not a good one. But even beyond that, let us not forget he is not sitting, and being nominated to sit in Scalias seat, hes being nominated to sit in Garlands seat. President Barack Obama nominated Judge Garland, who has got as much or more qualifications as this nominee, to have been the Supreme Court judge.

Nominated him almost a year ago, Febuary of 16 when Scalia died, he continued. They stalled, they filibustered, they would not even give a hearing to Judge Garland. It is time for the Democrats now to say since you changed the rules, youre going to have to live by the rules you applied to President Obamas nominee, and we are not going to allow you to change it and we will use those rules to block this nominee, Gorsuch. The Bible says that you sow that that same thing shall you also reap. ButBill Bellamy had a better ideathey should come in the Senate and replay The Big Payback, James Brown song. Bill was right, just take one of them old blasters, Chuck Schumer, and blast out The Big Payback. You took my judge. That aint right. Wouldnt give a hearing. You know that Im tight the big payback.

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Police in New York City arrested 11 people Tuesday night outside Trump Tower, including the mother of Eric Garner, the man who died in July 2014 after an NYPD officer put him in a chokehold while trying to arrest him, and the daughter of the Rev. Al Sharpton, WNBC-TV reported.

Garnersmother, Gwenn Carr, and Sharptons youngest daughter, Ashley Sharpton, were taken into custody along with nine other individuals whowere protesting after the presidentsannouncement of the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, who sits on the Colorado-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed by the Senate, Gorsuch would fill the vacancy left nearly a year ago by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

TheNational Action Network, a liberal nonprofit organization founded by Al Sharpton, organized the protest that drew around 30 participants and lasted for about an hour outside Trumps New York City office and residence, WNBC-TV reported.

Participants were heard chanting indivisible and a man of quality will never fear equality as they marched in the street and on the sidewalk. Eleven of the roughly 30 participants were arrested for allegedly blocking traffic on New York Citys posh Fifth Avenue.

In an act of civil disobedience and in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eric Garners mom and others were arrested tonight over President Trumps SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch, Sharpton spokeswoman Rachel Noerdlinger said, according to the New York Post.

Others arrested included additional NAN staffers and at least one New York City religious leader.

The NYPD did not immediately respond when asked if any of the arrested individuals have been formally charged.

In addition to the protest outside Trump Tower, demonstrators also gathered outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

According to WUSA-TV, hundreds gathered near the steps of the high court to voice their opposition to the presidents pick. Protesters held up pre-printed signs, which named Gorsuch and labeled him as extreme and dangerous.

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Rev. Al Sharpton gave us a few simple ways to change the xenophobic legislation everyone is talking about.

On Friday,President Donald Trump passedan executive order to stop the U.S. entry of refugees for 120 days, restrict travel from seven majority-Muslim nations for 90 days and ban Syrian refugees fleeing a violent war indefinitely. The controversial piece of legislation was appropriately named the #MuslimBan, stemming from Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric during the presidential campaign.

In the days following the bill, inconvenience turned into outrage for those traveling between those countries and herewhich included U.S. citizens, green card holders and cleared refugees. Thousands protested and everything from boycotting companies to suing the President was proposed.

But in all the chaos this administration has created, some of you may be wondering aboutthe more effective ways to fight this unconstitutional body of legislation.

For this, we talked to National Action Network founder Rev. Al Sharpton about the #MuslimBan and the best ways to be the change want to see.

1. March With a Mission

"Protest is the first step toward real change, because you must expose an issue in order for it to be dealt with. People who criticize it, don't understand the process and the purpose of it. A march and a protest is not to change something, it is to expose theneedto change something. Unless something is in the public eye, then you can't go to the next step toward changing. So it changes the climate. Had we not protested around the country at airports, they would have never backed up and said, 'Oh no, we're not talking about green card people' or 'We're not talking about this, that, the other.' Because it wouldn't have been an issue. So the protest made it an issue. The protest made voting rights an issue when we did that Jan. 14. The protest made women an issue when they did it a week later. So you need to protest to bring an issue to the forefront."

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2. Call Your Representatives, They Really Care

"Your demonstration should lead to legislation or litigation, which means it needs to be supported by making laws or going in the courts and scrapping them. Once you grab the public's attention, it will fizzle out if it doesn't lead to legislation or litigation. I have been told through the years that every time we've phone campaignedand we are nowI've seen congressmen and senators turn around because they feel every call represents a voter in their district. And even though they may be influenced by lobbyists and party leaders, they know they won't be in the office for lobbyists to call them or the party leaders to call them, if they're not reelected. So no one ignores people calling them, because they feel like that is a vote against them."

3. Sue or Support Organizations Already Suing the Trump Administration

"As Sally Yates, the former acting Attorney General, felt, [the Muslim ban] isn't legal and can be contended in the courts."

4. Divest

"For those businesses supporting the President's ban, they need to be made aware:we willnot buy their products."

5. Stand with the Global Community "Most importantly, we must stand with those in the global community. When you hear[Nkosazana Dlamini] Zuma,head of the African Union, say, 'Let me get this right: You brought Africans over to the county, to build the country. Now you say you won't allow refugees in the country,' [you know] there's a global community that we can connect with that puts international pressure on changing these laws."

To learn more about the work of Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network, visitNationalActionNetwork.net.

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The hosts ofFox & Friendseither dont understand what a refugee is or havent read their Bible recently.

On Tuesday, the hosts went after the Reverend Al Sharpton for a tweet that he sent out after the recent controversial immigration and travel ban in which he said, Before you head to church today, remember to thank God for his son, Jesus a refugee who fled to Egypt.

Well, thats not exactly accurate, co-host Steve Doocy claimed.

Well, according to the Bible, its really not, agreed Carley Shimkus,proceeding to read tweets, not scriptures, claiming that Mary and Joseph were traveling to pay taxes.

Who gave (Sharpton)his gift certificate to be a reverend? co-host Brian Kilmeade said.

While its true that the Gospel of Luke describes howJesus family went to Bethlehem to pay taxes, its also true that the Gospel of Matthew describes how they fled to Egypt to escapethe Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod ordered all young boys killed for fear of Jesus.

According to Matthew 2:13,Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.

Whats more, the Catholic Church has officially stated that they believe Jesus was a refugee.We believe that Jesus was a refugee, had to flee to save his life, with Saint Joseph and Mary, had to leave for Egypt, Pope Francis said in 2014. He was a refugee.

Sharpton later clapped back in a Twitter video.I dont know whether my critics need a Bible or a dictionary, Sharpton said. Either way, Ive got you.

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