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Obama, Trump and Biden lead tributes to Jesse Jackson: ‘one of America’s greatest patriots’

globalFebruary 17, 2026
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Obama, Trump and Biden lead tributes to Jesse Jackson: ‘one of America’s greatest patriots’
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Al Sharpton, Donald Trump and more react to death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84

Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Al Sharpton, Donald Trump and more react to death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84

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Three Democratic former presidents led a wealth of tributes to Jesse Jackson, a “titan” of the civil rights movement and “one of America’s greatest patriots” who has died at the age of 84.

Joe Biden said history would remember Jackson as “a man of God and of the people”, calling him in a social media post : “Determined and tenacious. Unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our Nation.”

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Source: Guardian - World News

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