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Miles Archer

(22,444 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:27 PM 22 hrs ago

MAGAt Moses Mikey Johnson Johnson rejects request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol

House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to lie in honor at the United States Capitol, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile figures were handled, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The civil rights icon died this week at the age of 84. Jackson was praised by both Republicans and Democrats alike for his decades of activism and work in politics and international affairs. President Donald Trump repeatedly described Jackson this week as a “good man.”

One of the sources told CNN that the decision to reject the request to lie in honor – which had been made on behalf of Jackson’s family – was in keeping with precedent and was not political. The source said that requests for conservative political activist Charlie Kirk and former Vice President Dick Cheney were also denied, and that the general practice is for presidents, select military officials and select government officials to lie in honor. It was last done for former President Jimmy Carter.

Lying in honor generally involves laying the casket of the deceased in the Rotunda of the US Capitol, where the public can come and offer final respects.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/house-speaker-johnson-rejects-request-163154488.html

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MAGAt Moses Mikey Johnson Johnson rejects request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol (Original Post) Miles Archer 22 hrs ago OP
Call for a vote!! bluestarone 21 hrs ago #1
Shocking SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #2
This is bullshit TheProle 21 hrs ago #3
Instead, they cite him as being on par with CHUCKY. Miles Archer 20 hrs ago #7
Racist pig. PittBlue 21 hrs ago #4
Racist piece of shit... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #5
Somebody flip fer crisakes... yorkster 21 hrs ago #6

TheProle

(3,951 posts)
3. This is bullshit
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:42 PM
21 hrs ago

Jackson's status is on par with Rosa Parks (re: Civil Rights) and Billy Graham (re: religious leader), both of whom were allowed to lie in honor.

Miles Archer

(22,444 posts)
7. Instead, they cite him as being on par with CHUCKY.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 03:54 PM
20 hrs ago

No matter how much the MAGAts want to put him on a pedestal, elevate him to Sainthood, make him a martyr, he'll never be more than a grifting MAGAt with a cult audience.

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