Al Sharpton slammed by ex-ESPN host for comments on former Harvard president Claudine Gay: ‘Wish he would go away’
NY Post
The Rev. Al Sharpton was ripped by former ESPN host Sage Steele after he came to the defense of Claudine Gay, calling her resignation as president of Harvard University an “attack” on all black women.
“I just wish he would go away,” Steele told Fox News host Jesse Watters, referring to Sharpton.
“Almost every time Al Sharpton speaks, I get angry because Al Sharpton pretends that he knows what every single person of color in this country thinks, believes how they should live, how they should act, how they should vote,” she said.
Steele was directing her ire at the civil rights activist’s Tuesday statement, in which he wrote: “President Gay’s resignation is about more than a person or a single incident. This is an attack on every Black woman in this country who’s put a crack in the glass ceiling.”
Steele said Gay faced criticism for issues of her character — how she handled antisemitism on campus and plagiarism accusations, not because she is a black woman.
The former ESPN host admitted she didn’t have “much sympathy” for Gay.
