1/23/2019

DEMS/MIKE PENCE/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, the vast majority of Americans revere the legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., but they aren’t always on the same page when it comes to the meaning of that legacy. Take, for example, the contrast between how Vice President Mike Pence and two congressional Democrats spoke about President Donald Trump in the context of celebrating King. On Sunday, Pence said that Trump’s bitter battle with Democrats to secure funding for a southern border barrier – which has led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history – reminded him of a passage from King’s famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech…New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, on the other hand, said Trump represents the intolerance King struggled against…Jeffries called Trump the ‘Grand Wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,’ referencing the title of a Ku Klux Klan leader and the White House address.”

William Cummings, “Pence compares Trump wall effort to MLK; Dem calls Trump ‘Grand Wizard’ of Pennsylvania Ave.,” USA Today, January 23, 2019 10:31 am