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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPence says Trump is like Martin Luther King Jr. for 'inspiring us' with a border wall
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/eve-mlk-day-pence-says-trump-like-martin-luther-king-jr-inspiring-us-border-wall/
So what the president has directed us to do is to reach out with rank-and-file Democrats in the House and in the Senate, Pence explained. What the president presented yesterday really is an effort to bring together ideas from both political parties. I think it is an act of statesmanship on the presidents part.
According to Pence, Trumps actions during the government shutdown could be compared with King, who America will celebrate during a day of remembrance on Monday.
And honestly, he opined, the hearts and minds of the American people are thinking a lot today about [this] being the weekend we remember the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
One of my favorite quotes from Dr. King was, Now is the time to make real the promises of Democracy,' Pence continued. You think of how he changed America, he inspired us to change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union. Thats exactly what President Trump is calling on the Congress to do, come to the table in a spirit of good faith.
marble falls
(57,079 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Are you fucking kidding me? Pence must be living in another universe if he's comparing building a wall to MLK. Give me a break!
Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)what he is saying. It really does feel like the Twilight Zone most of the time.
lindysalsagal
(20,678 posts)Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Vile fucks all.
Caliman73
(11,732 posts)Martin Luther King Jr. would slap him upside the head for saying what he said.
The idiot forgets that after the march, during the time that the Civil Rights Acts were passed, King Jr. turned his sights squarely on poverty and violence, which King Jr. laid directly at the feet of the US fighting in Vietnam, meddling in other nations around the world, and not caring about the poverty of its own citizens let alone global citizens.
Trump is a xenophobe and a racist. Pence adds religious bigotry to the ticket. Neither should ever be mentioned in the same sentence as MLK Jr. except to say that MLK Jr. avowed anti-violence activist, would slap Trump and Pence upside the head for what they are saying and doing.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)You're still a religious hypocrite and Trump sycophant. Hey heads up, Mikey. Mueller has you number and can prove that you lied.
Zoonart
(11,854 posts)Blasphemy to use MLK's message to defend MF45.
Disgusting.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)Lindsay
(3,276 posts)by these Republicans who have such a gift of imagination, and yet instead of creating works of fiction and other forms of fantasy, decided it was just the thing for running a government.
(Yeah, the point appears to be running it into the ground, but still....)
gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,184 posts).
The problem with the two-stage baptism freaks is that they believe that once they speak in tongues, the Holy Spirit enters them and stays, forever destining them to sit by the right side of Jesus, no matter what they do. They can do no wrong, since the Spirit is within them, so they must be blessed. Those who can or don't pretend to speak in tongues don't have the Spirit, so there must be something wrong with them since the Spirit has not chosen to enter their bodies.
Playing with snakes would just top Whitie Vulgar's spirituality.
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Goodheart
(5,321 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,260 posts)ooky
(8,922 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)That way the rest of us can start building a planet that works.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)After all, Lady Liberty is the symbol of NO WALLS!
What the fuck, Mikey, you ignorant fuck!
SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)is a disgrace to MLK's memory to attempt to misuse MLK for this ignorant political purpose.
moondust
(19,972 posts)MLK was another great wall builder?
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)MLK had zero in common with this callous egocentric ignorant idiot. Nothing whatsoever.
tavernier
(12,381 posts)This guy might want to inquire about doing an HBO comedy special... I havent belly laughed like that at most of their comedians!
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)I didn't think so.
struggle4progress
(118,280 posts)I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'Shoot first and ask questions later.' I have a dream that one day the children of border guards will lock up the children of refugees. I have a dream that asylum seekers fleeing for their lives and hoping to find an oasis of freedom and justice will instead swelter in hot tents, denied adequate food and water and medical care"
C_U_L8R
(44,999 posts)Pence really is a vapid lump.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)2naSalit
(86,568 posts)That is one of the most offensive comparisons I have ever heard!
Aside from the fact that he is as much a pathological liar as is MF45.
Blue Owl
(50,351 posts)Zero resemblance. ZERO.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)Pence couldn't care less about MLK. This is another weak attempt by him to play the "sensible" role in this administration.
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)Or is he just a koolaid drinking idiot?
Scruffy1
(3,255 posts)I'm really beginning to think the US has become a failed state.
Stuart G
(38,420 posts)Soph0571
(9,685 posts)bdamomma
(63,837 posts)I want to see is these POS's behind a prison wall.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)Never works
The whole world needs a YUUUGEEE Wall with a watch tower and all of them arseholes in orange.
Tarc
(10,476 posts)that's all I can say here.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)You're officially off the hook, Mr. Potatoe head.