Historian blisters Mike Pence for comparing Trump to MLK:

[Arkansas Granny]

A ‘perversion’ that ‘flies in the face of his memory’

Princeton historian Julian Zelizer on Monday smacked down Vice President Mike Pence for comparing President Donald Trump favorably with civil rights icon Martin Luther King.

After watching a clip of Pence quoting MLK and comparing his push for civil rights to Trump’s push for a border wall, Zelizer said that it was a “perversion” of King’s legacy to link him in any way to Trump.

“The policies of this administration, from the border wall to voting rights restrictions, are antithetical to everything that Martin Luther King fought for,” he said. “So having Vice President Pence invoke Martin Luther King, for this deal or for anything else, really flies in the face of his memory.”

During his Sunday interview on CBS, Pence said that Trump’s call for a border wall was as “inspiring” to Americans as MLK’s call for civil rights.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/historian-blisters-mike-pence-comparing-trump-mlk-perversion-flies-face-memory/

That sanctimonious POS has no decency at all.

[onethatcares]

1. straight out of central casting,

if I recall correctly.

like the rest of this maladministration they're a bunch of actors mouthing lines, but they aren't good enough to deliver those lines believably.

[2naSalit]

2. This should be one of the repeated talking points for today...nt