At Irvo Otieno's funeral, Rev. Al Sharpton said the Virginia governor 'can’t be president if he can’t explain his policies on the mentally challenged.'
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Hundreds of mourners, including the Rev.
“Youngkin can’t be president if he can’t explain his policies on the mentally challenged,” Sharpton said in his eulogy at First Baptist Church of South Richmond. “It’s going to take more than you wearing a vest and campaign smile when you got folks being stampeded by law enforcement … Mr. Governor, on your way to wherever you’re going in the future, what about Irvo?”
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