Scandal-plagued Noerdlinger surfaces for Sharpton lunch
Rachel Noerdlinger on Thursday made her first public appearance since getting dumped by City Hall standing beside the Rev. Al Sharpton as he publicly disagreed with Mayor de Blasio.
Hizzoner has asked that anti-cop protesters wait to march until after the funerals of two assassinated officers.
But with Noerdlinger at his side at a Harlem charity event, Sharpton revealed that he has told deBlasio that protesters should be allowed to express their views.
I told the mayor that I dont think you can tell people not to exercise their democratic feelings. They have the right to do whatever, the preacher said.
Noerdlinger a top mayoral aide who served as chief of staff to First Lady Chirlane McCray took a leave of absence after a string of embarrassing revelations, including that she lives with a convicted felon who has posted anti-cop sentiments online. She had been an aide to Sharpton previously.
Sharpton said his own group isnt going to march before the funerals.
But, he added, theyre not putting their weekly Saturday civil-rights gathering on hold.
Weve said at the National Action Network that [what] weve scheduled, were going to continue to do, he said at his groups annual Christmas meal service.
Sharpton also took an apparent swipe at the police unions, deBlasio and other leaders who have raged against him over what they perceive as his stoking of anti-cop sentiment.
Cheap demagogues, he called those who are trying to score cheap points off the bodies of these police.
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Scandal-plagued Noerdlinger surfaces for Sharpton lunch