Al Sharpton misspells R-E-S-P-E-C-T when paying tribute to Aretha Franklin... just...just watch. pic.twitter.com/HyeLgaAf2y — Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) August 19, 2018

MSNBC host Al Sharpton misspelled the word "respect" when evoking the late Aretha Franklin during a segment slamming President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE on Sunday.



Sharpton's gaffe came on his weekend program "Politics Nation" as he addressed Trump's comments about Omarosa Manigault Newman Omarosa Onee Manigault NewmanTrump hurls insults at Harris, Ocasio-Cortez and other women Pelosi makes fans as Democrat who gets under Trump's skin The Memo: Impeachment's scars cut deep with Trump, say those who know him MORE. Trump had called his former aide a "dog" for taping officials, including himself, inside the White House.

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"I think you might’ve learned the lesson this week, sometimes the dog bites back with a book deal," Sharpton said after calling Trump's dog remark as "an animalistic slur."



"So in the words of my late friend Aretha Franklin, show some R-E-S-P-I-C-T, and the next time you get a black woman and a beagle confused, remember this: I got you," Sharpton said.



Franklin died Thursday at the age of 76. Her song "Respect" is perhaps the "queen of soul's" greatest hit.

Sharpton, who served as an unpaid adviser to President Obama on race issues, has poked fun at himself in the past for having issues with reading scripts from teleprompters.



“We all know I’ve had my share of prompter issues,” he said on his show in 2015 while defending Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' Cruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes MORE (R-Texas) after Cruz made a gaffe when reading his response to Obama's State of the Union address in 2015.