MLK’s Daughter Explains Why She’s ‘Glad’ President Trump’s Inauguration Will Be On ‘The King Holiday’

By Russell Bartlett

While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. expressed a number of values that align with modern-day conservatism, many of his contemporaries, proteges, and relatives continue to insist that his legacy should be off-limits to the GOP.

For her part, King’s youngest daughter recently weighed in on President Donald Trump’s decisive victory earlier this month, noting that she is “glad” he will be inaugurated on the holiday established to honor her father. But the reason for her reaction is not rooted in support for the Trump agenda:

According to The Hill:

“I’m glad that if it was going to happen, it happened on the King holiday, because Dr King is still speaking to us,” Bernice King said.

The Independent wrote that Bernice King “sees the January 20 event as a wake-up call for the country and an opportunity to stand up to the incoming administration’s charged agenda items.”

Bernice King had been “excited” about the idea of seeing Vice President Harris on MLK Day and “hoped the U.S. would elect someone who embodied the values her father did.”

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