Obama Politicizes Rev. Pinckney's Funeral

And sings Amazing Grace

On Friday, President Obama gave the eulogy at the funeral for Reverend Clementa Pinckney who was shot and killed after a Bible study last week at the Emanuel Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where he was pastor. And to the surprise of no one, Obama used the funeral as a platform for politics as much as a tribute to his friend.

The White House Twitter feed was filled with Obama's "greatest hits," loaded with social justice rhetoric, references to the Confederate flag, and the need to strive for "collective salvation":

And then he sang:

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