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To put it plainly, I was agitated (but not surprised) when I watched the controversial video of Harvard-pedigreed Pentecostal<\/a> bishop, Harry Jackson. Earlier this week, Jackson stood before his congregation during the \u201cPray for America\u201d speech at Christian Broadcasting Network and declared that Black and Latino Christians should stop charging racism and join forces with the GOP. The reason, he declared, is because \u201cDemocrats ask Black and [Latino] Christians to violate their Bible.\u201d
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