Sharpton compares Ocasio-Cortez to Chisolm at voting rights march

Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the organizers of this year’s March on Washington, compared New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) to the late congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisolm (D-N.Y.) while introducing her at the event. “I know people, I was Shirley Chisolm’s youth director,” Sharpton stated on stage while introducing Ocasio-Cortez,…