On the day before the federal holiday honoring his memory,Vice President Mike Pence tried to channel Civil Rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in an attempt to justify President Donald Trump’s attempts to get funding for a border wall at the U.
S. southern border.“One of my favorite quotes from Dr. King was ‘Now is the time to earn genuine the promises of democracy,'” Pence said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”Pence went on to say that King “changed America, and ” according to reporting from NBC News.“He inspired us to change through the legislative process,to become a more perfect union. That’s precisely what President Trump is calling on Congress to do — come to the table in the spirit of grand faith.” Some acquire been critical of Pence using King’s words to justify building a border wall. If we take a look back at history, there’s a compelling reason why: King spoke vociferously against building walls.
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Source: inquisitr.com