I wouldn’t accuse them of lying, but this is shockingly bad research that anybody with a few minutes could uncover. MLK, Jr. was a Socialist who believed in DC-based solutions. What he had to say about our Conservative/Libertarian standard-bearer Goldwater in that he was aiding the cause of racists (nevermind that Goldwater was pro-Civil Rights with the record to prove it, but opposed aspects of the CRA because it was too intrusive and heavy-handed from a federal standpoint). His father became a committed Dem and appeared with Jimmy Carter in 1976 (nevermind that Carter had run a racist campaign to win the Governorship in 1970). Had MLK, Jr. still been around by 1980 he would’ve been no different than Je$$e Jack$on or Sharpton in denouncing Reagan.
Now, MLK, Jr. may have been a Republican prior to 1960 (although he never officially declared party affiliation), but we know he certainly did not support the GOP or Conservative self-reliance positions after that point. It would be like putting up a big billboard saying “Jim Jeffords was a Republican.” Yes, he was... until he stopped being one in 2001. Very misleading. By April 1968, MLK, Jr. was moving into the radical camp of the left agitating for social change trying to stay relevant in the public eye. The fact that a man who had addressed giant crowds in DC in the course of a few years was getting involved in an obscure issue like a city garbage workers strike demonstrated how far he was having to reach.
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