Former President Barack Obama delivered a tearful critique of political corruption and assaults on democracy during the funeral for Jesse Jackson Sr.Joined by Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, the speakers celebrated Jackson as a bridge between the era of Martin Luther King Jr. and modern US politics.The eulogies served as a condemnation of rising bigotry and division within the USA without mentioning Donald Trump by his name directly.The commemorations concluded with a private ceremony after the
Republican Party leadership blocked a request for Jackson to lie in honor at the
US Capitol.