The Rev. Martin Luther King’s daughter blasted Steve Bannon’s claim that her father would be proud of President Donald Trump.
“#SteveBannon has dangerously and erroneously co-opted my father’s name, work and words,” the Rev. Bernice King wrote just before midnight Wednesday in the first of a series of tweets. “Bannon’s assertion that my father, #MLK, would be proud of Donald Trump wholly ignores Daddy’s commitment to people of all races, nationalities, etc. being treated with dignity and respect.”
#SteveBannon has dangerously and erroneously co-opted my father’s name, work and words.
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