The Rev. Al Sharpton doesn't think Hillary Clinton will be indicted over her email scandal, but if she is, he'd like to see someone who can unify the party, like Vice President Joe Biden or Secretary of State John Kerry, to replace her on the Democratic presidential campaign ticket.
Sharpton also mentioned others such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn as potential replacements, during a roundtable hosted by The Christian Science Monitor, reports the
Washington Examiner.
He had earlier complained that Sen. Bernie Sanders, Clinton's rival in the nomination race, can't win blacks and Latinos, but he didn't rule the Vermont senator out as a Clinton alternative.
That is, Sharpton said, if an indictment happens, and he doesn't "think that it will," noting that she firmly denied that possibility during Wednesday night's Democratic debate.
If that happens, a reporter at the event asked, would Sharpton suggest a "fresh candidate?"
Sharpton immediately brought up Biden.
"There's a very fresh face right around the corner in Joe Biden, is that fresh enough for you?" he said during the interview, which was being held near the White House.
"He is fresh enough for me."
But whoever it is has to be someone who could unite the party quickly, given that the election season is already months along and the general election is approaching quickly, said Sharpton.
But in addition to Biden, Sharpton said that it "would be electrifying" if Warren ran, and that he supported Kerry's race in 2004.
Sharpton has not endorsed a candidate yet.
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