Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for the Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in Capitol
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Jackson’s family made the request to Johnson after the civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate died Tuesday at the age of 84, the sources said. CNN was first to report the development. The practice of lying in state or honor in the Capitol is typically reserved for America’s most
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