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Black Pastors to TV One’s NewsOne Now: ‘We Want to Directly Influence Donald Trump’s Policies’ (WATCH)

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*Today on News One Now, Host and Managing Editor Roland S. Martin spoke with members of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board about his recent questioning of Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton’s religion.

Sr. Pastor Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church, Pastor A.R. Bernard of the Christian Cultural Center, and Pastor Mark Burns of the NOW Network do not endorse Trump’s campaign for presidency, but each believes it is their duty to have an influence on shaping Trump’s economic stability plan for African Americans.

“What we are trying to do is to give him [Trump] a framework for values and to bring a contribution that can help African American people, especially, and people at the kinda bottom rung of the culture, get a chance in life,” said Bishop Jackson. ”That’s really our focus from a faith perspective to say can you do something about justice as it’s needed out in America for Black people? Can you make a difference in the outworking of faith centered values?”

Martin agreed that we need to influence presidential candidates to better the Black community, but disagreed with the pastor’s position on assisting a candidate who has constantly criticized other political figure’s religious values when his own are in constant question.

“If you are going to stand there in front of evangelicals and question Hillary Clinton’s faith and President Obama’s faith then we get to examine your [Trump] faith,” said Martin. “And as a Christian leader, I would have said ‘excuse me,” you don’t have the right to question somebody else’s faith and then dance around it. That’s what he [Trump] did,” said Martin.

“When you are a pastor, when you are a religious leader, again, you have the job of the prophetic to speak truth to power,” added Martin. “It was one of the prophets who told David you were wrong when you slept with Bathsheba. What I’m saying is that I don’t believe you sit there and you do a dance with the politician. You gotta be able to say; here you’re right, and here you’re wrong.”

Bishop Jackson discusses his role on Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board:

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Martin discusses Trump’s statement against Clinton’s religion:

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Martin discusses religious leader’s responsibility:

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MORE INFORMATION:
For more information about News One Now and Roland S. Martin, visit www.tvone.tv and www.newsone.com, and check out TV One’s YouTube Channel. Viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on Twitter, Instagram  and Facebook (@tvonetv) using #NewsOneNow and can engage with Martin daily via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Periscope (@rolandsmartin).

ABOUT NEWS ONE NOW:
Emanating from the heart of Washington D.C. in a state-of-the-art studio that offers a stunning view of the Capitol building, News One Now airs Monday through Friday on TV One from 7-8 a.m. ET.  News One Now is hosted by Roland S. Martin, the 2013 National Association of Black Journalists’ Journalist of the Year and former host of TV One’s long-running, award-winning weekly news program, Washington Watch with Roland Martin.  Each morning, Martin – who also serves as the program’s managing editor – sifts through the headlines of the day to spotlight matters that greatly impact the African American community. In addition to television, News One Now reaches audiences 24/7 with exclusive program content and extended editorial on NewsOne.com and the NewsOne mobile app.  News One Now is an evolution of Interactive One’s award-winning digital brand NewsOne.com that launched in 2008 and reaches millions of African Americans each month. Susan Henry is executive producer of News One Now. D’Angela Proctor is TV One’s head of original programming and production.

ABOUT TV ONE:
Launched in January 2004, TV One (www.tvone.tv) serves 57 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult Black viewers. The network is the exclusive home of News One Now, the only live daily news program targeting Black viewers.  In December 2008, the company launched TV One High Def, which now serves 14 million households. TV One is solely owned by Radio One [NASDAQ: ROIA and ROIAK, www.radio-one.com], the largest radio company that primarily targets Black and urban listeners.

 

 

 

 

source:
Courtney Reed
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