MLK Jr.'s Daughter Reveals Why She's 'Glad' Trump Inauguration Lands On Her Dad's Holiday
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Bernice King urged Americans not to "retreat or recoil" following Trump's election win.
Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., recently opened up about why she’s “glad” that President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration is set to take place on the same day of the federal holiday honoring her late father.
“I’m glad that if it was going to happen, it happened on the King holiday, because Dr. King is still speaking to us,” she told The Independent.
Bernice King, in her interview with The Independent, urged Americans not to “retreat or recoil” following Trump’s election win over Kamala Harris.
“We have to commit ourselves to continuing the mission of protecting freedom, justice and democracy in the spirit of my father,” she said.
King has gone after Trump World on a number of occasions in recent months.
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