Resumptive pronouns (is that the right term?) in relative clauses

[pne]

An interesting construction I came across just now here: the pastor was Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who's said some things that a lot of people don't want a President who believes.

That's the sort of thing that makes me wonder whether English wouldn't be "better" if it had mandatory, or at least optional, resumptive pronouns.

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[pne.livejournal.com]

Interesting; thanks for weighing in your perspective, and for confirming what I had guessed.

I found it rather hard to understand, but it sounded like the sort of thing that might by in use in some areas -- i.e., like something that came fairly natural to him.

I suppose my difficulty to understand was because I hadn't been exposed to similar constructions before.