MLK's Son Criticises Trump for 'Shithole' Comments

MARTIN LUTHER KING'S SON SLAMS TRUMP FOR 'SCRIPTED' PROCLAMATION HONORING FATHER AFTER PRESIDENT DESCRIBED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AS 'SHITHOLES'

BY TOM PORTER ON 1/13/18 AT 7:11 AM

Martin Luther King’s son criticized President Donald Trump for merely following a script when he honored the slain civil rights leader only a day after describing African nations as “shitholes.”

Speaking to The New York Daily News, Martin Luther King III said the president had lost any “credibility” when speaking of the civil rights leader after he reportedly made the disparaging comment when discussing immigration from El Salvador, Haiti and some African nations when talking with Congressional leaders.

Trump denied making the comment on Friday, after the White House initially would not deny he had made them.

“When you make a statement like you made yesterday, the question is: ‘Do you even understand why we have a Martin Luther King holiday?’” King told the publication Friday.

“Today he's doing what the script told him to do. Yesterday caused him to lose any level of credibility. You can talk about Martin Luther King. But the hope is you would hear and embrace what he had to say.”

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