JD Vance, Kamala Harris, and Barack Obama issue comments on Rev Jesse Jackson

Vice President J.D. Vance, former Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama were among the prominent political figures who issued statements following the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. The civil rights leader and two-time Democratic presidential candidate was 84.

Vance stated that one of his family members voted for Jackson in the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries and for Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.

“I have a close family member who voted in two presidential primaries in his lifetime: Donald Trump in 2016 and Jesse Jackson in 1988,” Vance wrote in one post. to post In X. “RIP Jesse Jackson.”

TRUMP REMEMBER JESSE JACKSON AS A ‘GOOD MAN’ AND A ‘FORCE OF NATURE’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris recalled receiving positive reactions from others when a “Jesse Jackson for President” bumper sticker was placed on her car as a law student.

“As a young law student, I would drive back and forth from Oakland, where I lived, to San Francisco, where I went to school. I had a bumper sticker on the back window that said ‘Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson.’ As I crossed the Bay Bridge, you wouldn’t believe how people from all walks of life gave me thumbs up or honked their horns in support. These were small interactions, but they exemplified Reverend Jackson’s life’s work: elevating the dignity of working people, building communities and coalitions, and strengthening our democracy and nation.” to post In X.

REV JESSE JACKSON, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND FOUNDER OF RAINBOW PUSH, DIES AT 84

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris listens to daughter Santita Jackson’s song Wind Beneath My Wings during the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Annual Meeting at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood on July 16, 2023. holding hands with. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

“I have been honored to partner with and learn from him in this work throughout my career, and I am so grateful for the time we spent together this January. Reverend Jackson was a devoted leader, mentor, and friend to me and many others,” he wrote.

Former President Barack Obama said in a statement that he and former First Lady Michelle Obama were “deeply saddened to hear of the passing of a true giant, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.”

Pastor JESSE JACKSON WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER TREATING A RARE BRAIN DISORDER

President Barack Obama shakes hands with the Rev. Jesse Jackson as he leaves the funeral service for Dorothy Height at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2010. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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“Michelle first witnessed political organizing as a teenager at the Jacksons’ kitchen table. And in her two historic runs for president, she laid the foundation for my own campaign for the nation’s highest office,” Obama said. noted. “Michelle and I will always be grateful for Jesse’s lifelong service and the friendship our families shared.”