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Your Annual Reminder that Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Definitely Not a Republican

When your party is devoid of positive role models, you grasp at straws.  The 21st-century GOP is in this exact situation. Their figurehead is far and away the most uncouth "man" to ever occupy the Oval Office. Their Vice-President is a lapdog, insisting upon flinging social media insults like a high school bully. The rest of their administration is made up of sycophants, neo-nazis, drunkards, and jackasses. The House and Senate GOP kicked out their last sane members over the past five years. And any GOP governors may be popular in their deep red states, but lack any sort of larger appeal that would make them formidable candidates in 2028.  It's no wonder that the GOP tries to hijack Martin Luther King, Jr. every year. Dr. King was definitely not a Republican. He voted for JFK in 1960 and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. He was becoming more and more aligned with Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. But known politics aside, King's actions during his life simply ran contrary to every...

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