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[[File:190121-donald-trump-mike-pence-mlk-cs-1138a d407131d077554bb06ee195584cc786a.fit-2000w.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[President Donald J. Trump]] laying a wreath at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Monument on the mall in Washington D.C. on the Martin Luther King National Holiday. Trump, like Dr. King, was the victim of illegal [[FBI]] spying and harassment by [[Democrat]] addministrations.]]

 

Reverend '''Martin Luther King, Jr'''., Ph.D. (1929–1968) was by far the most important [[black people|black]] leader of the 1960s. He was an advocate of [[civil rights]] in [[America]], who was [[assassination|assassinated]] in 1968. King was the son of a [[Baptist]] minister and became a Baptist minister himself.<ref>King became the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].</ref>

Reverend '''Martin Luther King, Jr'''., Ph.D. (1929–1968) was by far the most important [[black people|black]] leader of the 1960s. He was an advocate of [[civil rights]] in [[America]], who was [[assassination|assassinated]] in 1968. King was the son of a [[Baptist]] minister and became a Baptist minister himself.<ref>King became the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].</ref>

==Political affiliation==

==Political affiliation==

Time and time again, liberals claim that MLK was a [[Democrat]]. Liberals point to the people he associated with or that he opposed [[Barry Goldwater]] as proof that MLK was a Democrat. There is considerable evidence that he was not a Democrat. Martin Luther King Sr. was a [[Republican]], that would almost certainly make his son a Republican. Only after his son was arrested did King Sr. plead to [[President Kennedy]] for his safe release. It is noted at that point MLK Sr. switched parties to support Kennedy. This despite Kennedy voting against the 1957 [[Civil Rights Act]] and being initially opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King. The March on Washington was organized by A. Phillip Randolph, who was a black Republican. In addition, [[Robert Kennedy]] allowed the [[FBI]] to wiretap MLK Jr's phone on a trial basis due to suspicion that Dr. King's associates were [[Communist]]; this was later expanded during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency; which undermined King.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref><ref>Herst, Burton (2007). ''Bobby and J. Edger''. pp. 372–74</ref>

Time and time again, liberals claim that MLK was a [[Democrat]]. Liberals point to the people he associated with or that he opposed [[Barry Goldwater]] as proof that MLK was a Democrat. There is considerable evidence that he was not a Democrat. Martin Luther King Sr. was a [[Republican]], that would almost certainly make his son a Republican. Only after his son was arrested did King Sr. plead to [[President Kennedy]] for his safe release. It is noted at that point MLK Sr. switched parties to support Kennedy. This despite Kennedy voting against the 1957 [[Civil Rights Act]] and being initially opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King. The March on Washington was organized by A. Phillip Randolph, who was a black Republican. In addition, [[Robert Kennedy]] allowed the [[FBI]] to wiretap MLK Jr's phone on a trial basis due to suspicion that Dr. King's associates were [[Communist]]; this was later expanded during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency; which undermined King.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref><ref>Herst, Burton (2007). ''Bobby and J. Edger''. pp. 372–74</ref>