Martin Luther King Jr.
Republicans who voted to overturn the presidential election and fueled a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol say they honor MLK's life of sacrifice for the greater good.
The living legend delivered a blunt message to the Senate.
The GOP's Lauren Boebert, Lindsey Graham, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kevin McCarthy, Kayleigh McEnany and Josh Hawley all were slammed for hypocrisy.
"The 1619 Project" author read excerpts from King's speeches without telling anyone that she was doing so, leading the audience to think King's words were hers.
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The plea from the King family brings an especially powerful voice to an increasingly tense campaign to pressure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to change her mind.
“There is still much more work Treasury needs to do to narrow the racial wealth divide,” the treasury secretary said.
"History will remember Sen. Sinema unkindly," King III said after the Arizona lawmaker said she wouldn't support filibuster changes to pass voting rights legislation.
Activists will stage voting rights rallies in major cities across the country on Saturday, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington.
Bernice King, Martin Luther King’s daughter, condemned House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy after he cited her father to attack critical race theory.
The House minority leader's slam against critical race theory did not go well.