Reverend Al Sharpton debuted a San Diego chapter of his civil rights organization National Action Network Saturday.
The reverend met with both democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders before the South Carolina primary where they each courted African-American voters. Both Clinton and Sanders hoped for his endorsement but Sharpton has yet to pick sides.
“The question is not who am I going to support,” Sharpton replied when asked. “It’s who’s going to support us.”
NBC 7 San Diego asked Sharpton who he thought was running the best campaign, especially after Clinton’s decisive win in South Carolina.
“You are trying very shrewdly to get me to make an endorsement,” he answered to laughter. “She won substantial voters in South Carolina, but we have a long way to go. Super Tuesday’s around the corner. I ran for president. You don’t get too happy off of one dance. The party’s not over.”
When NBC 7 reminded him he said a week ago he would make an endorsement in a day or two Sharpton answered, “Well, sometimes preacher’s days last longer than layman’s days.”
Though quiet on his candidate Sharpton raised his voice against mass incarceration, lack of diversity in Oscars nominees and Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
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“ Trump is a 21st century knock off version of Ronald Reagan," he said.
Sharpton left San Diego for Los Angeles where he plans to protest the Oscars.
