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Alveda King Defends Trump Response to White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville
Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr. and a Trump-supporting Religious Right activist, defended Trumps response to the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend. She spoke on Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday, where she said that racism and hatred are sin. But unlike some conservatives who publicly criticized Trumps refusal to denounce white supremacists, King defended Trumps response. Heres part of the exchange between Foxs Abby Huntsman and Alveda King, which followed King denouncing racism and saying we need to learn to live together:
Huntsman:
Its a similar message that we heard from President Trump yesterday, just this message of unity, what we should stand for as Americans, whats the American flag mean, you know, the symbolism of God and patriotism that was his message yesterday. He didnt identify one group or another. Hes been criticized by a lot of people for not making this more one-sided. Do you think that thats fair?
King:
I had so many texts and tweets and messages, the president should do this, the president should do that, but in serving God and serving America, hes got to speak to the hearts of everyone. Thats why my dad, Rev. A.D. King, my uncle Martin Luther King Jr., my granddaddy Daddy King, we were working then to transform in the 60s, cuz I marched and went to jail, I was blown up by the Ku Klux Klan in our home, but we knew that the goal was to transform the laws and transform the human hearts towards compassion. In order to move towards that, weve got to stop the violence, the president is right about that.
Huntsman:
Well said.
King, an anti-abortion activist, is also a prelate of the council of POTUS Shield, a network of Pentecostal leaders who believe Trump was ordained by God and who are engaged in spiritual warfare to protect his presidency.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alveda-king-defends-trump-response-to-white-supremacist-violence-in-charlottesville/
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)I never realized before how much A.D. King sounds like Trump - it's all about her own self-promotion. It is good to know she was 'blown up by the KKK in her home'; for a person who has been blown up, she's made a remarkable recovery.