Rev. Jesse Jackson endorsed Hillary Clinton on Saturday, calling her the “most qualified and best hope” to rebuild urban America.
The civil rights activist said during a news conference in Chicago on Saturday that he trusts Clinton to take care of inner city and marginalized communities. “We trust her to work on healthcare, to fight for the poor … for the willingness to fight for civil rights,” according to a CNN report.
Jackson, who ran for the 1988 Democratic nomination but lost, spoke at a site of a memorial for hundreds of children killed in recent years, according to a press release from the activist. He is making the endorsement personally and it does not reflect the intentions of his organization the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which doesn’t endorse political candidates.
Jackson, who stayed neutral during the primaries, is the latest high-profile endorsement for Clinton since she became the presumptive Democratic nominee earlier this week. Popular progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and President Obama both endorsed Clinton earlier this week.
