LETTER: Martin Luther King the antithesis of Trump
Dr King dedicated his life to fighting the hatred sowed by people like Trump and his zealot friends
As the world reflects on the meaning of Martin Luther King Day in the age of Donald Trump, I am reminded of the Walmart killings in El Paso, Texas, in 2019. Twenty-two people were gunned down by a 21-year-old white supremacist who hated Hispanic immigrants and was inspired by the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand.
Dr King dedicated his life to fighting the hatred sowed by people like Trump and his zealot friends. Such demagogues thrive on falsehoods and divisions. Trump lied about Covid-19 and does not care about lives lost. White nationalists thrived during the years Trump was in the White House. He was their oxygen...
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