Krauthammer: Sharpton ‘Does Nothing To Advance Race Relations’ ... He ‘Poisons Them’

HENRY: "The president gets pressure from both sides. He gets conservatives saying, 'Why you're weighing in on every case that comes up?' Then you've got left saying, 'He's not doing enough.' They had first African-American president, they want to see him get more involved. How does he sort this out?"

KRAUTHAMMER: "I don't think this thing is weighing in. I think -- and you ask is there anything he can do? I think he can lessen his contact and his honoring of someone like Al Sharpton. That does nothing to advance racial relations in America. It poisons them. I do think that the president is right and on one-on-one basis, in ordinary lives, there is no question that every year things are improving. I see it in my son's generation with this sort of history over time sort of diminishes, the bad history, the ill will, the racism, the hostility. So I think in that sense it is happening; nothing to do with the administration either pro or con, but certainly when it comes to the big issues and what's been happing now, black lives matter, protests, movement. I think who you associate with, who you honor, who you elevate is extremely important and the wrong signal is sent with a race-baiter like Al Sharpton.”