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Wright Received Death Threats

Posted Apr 27, 08 9:39 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose controversial rants scuttled Barack Obama's "post-racial" campaign, reemerged in the headlines yesterday just ahead of the Dems' primary showdown on May 6. Asked by PBS' Bill Moyers if he’d received death threats, Wright says: “Yes, and bomb threats at the church. People (are) telling us how they are going to wipe us off the face of the Earth in the name of Jesus.”

It was Wright's first interview since he became embroiled in controversy, reports the Guardian, and he has two more scheduled this week. Experts say his reemergence will hurt Obama’s campaign. Earlier video of Wright saying “Not God bless America, God damn America” forced Obama to deliver a speech on race meant to settle the issue. Race has instead played a mounting role.

Source Guardian (UK)

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Bill Moyers, left, interviews Rev. Jeremiah Wright in his first television interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy.   (AP Photo/PBS, Robin Holland)
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