House Speaker Johnson rejects request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol

This is the right decision IMO. Jesse Jackson was a dishonest creep; a conman and a shakedown artist.

I happen to be reading "Hellhound On His Trail" right now, by Hampton Sides. It's the story of the assassination of MLK Jr and the subsequent manhunt for James Earl Ray. Even MLK Jr didn't like or trust Jackson, especially toward the end. Which is another way of saying that the more he got to know Jackson, the less he trusted him.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to lie in honor at the United States Capitol, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile figures were handled, according to sources familiar with the matter.

One of the sources told CNN that the decision to reject the request to lie in honor – which had been made on behalf of Jackson’s family – was in keeping with precedent and was not political. The source said that requests for conservative political activist Charlie Kirk and former Vice President Dick Cheney were also denied, and that the general practice is for presidents, select military officials and select government officials to lie in honor. It was last done for former President Jimmy Carter.

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