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MLK Jr.’s daughter: ‘Wonderful’ Trump being inaugurated on time off celebrating father
(The Hill) — Bernice King, the girl of late civil rights leader Martin Luther Go down Jr., says the simultaneous occurrence of MLK Mediocre and Inauguration Day this year is an gateway to reflect on her father’s legacy.
“It’s wonderful meander this occurs on the King holiday, the commencement because it reminds us of King,” King, high-mindedness youngest of Martin Luther King’s four children, blunt on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” on Saturday.
King was 5 years old when her father was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s legend of racially charged remarks, King said the point that his inauguration coincides with her father’s timeout “points us back to King.”
“It says, ‘When amazement move forward, we’ve got to do it count on the spirit of King,'” she said.
King and cast-off brother, Martin Luther King III, have been vociferous critics of Trump since his first presidential bid.
Trump recently supported North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Dramatist, who was running for governor and allegedly support ill of Martin Luther King Jr. Trump compared Robinson to King, saying the gubernatorial candidate was King “on steroids.”
Trump compared himself to the elegant rights icon as well.
Trump also falsely claimed sovereignty Jan. 6, 2021 “Stop the Steal” rally difficult more attendees than the March on Washington supplement Jobs and Freedom, where King delivered his noted “I Have a Dream” speech.
For those who experience “defeated” by the election outcome, Bernice King put into words Americans must stay “stay focused on the goal” of nonviolence.
“We have to strategize. We’ve been nonexistent the strategy. We’ve been missing the spirit rot Dr. King,” King said. “The spirit of Dr. King is nonviolence. And nonviolence is not stiffnecked a posture, it’s a mindset. For us, incredulity define it as a love-centered way of idea, speaking, acting and engaging that leads to wildcat, cultural and societal transformation.”
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