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tenderfoot

(8,438 posts) Wed Jan 19, 2022, 06:52 AM Jan 2022

How long before Republicans attempt to undo Martin Luther King Day as a holiday?

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How long before Republicans attempt to undo Martin Luther King Day as a holiday? (Original Post) tenderfoot Jan 2022 OP

Nah. They'll keep it but prohibit it from commemorating anything other than... Tommy Carcetti Jan 2022 #1

Never. It's a PR bonanza for them. Mister Ed Jan 2022 #2

exactly MissMillie Jan 2022 #3

Tommy Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

1. Nah. They'll keep it but prohibit it from commemorating anything other than...

Reply to tenderfoot (Original post)

Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:07 AM

Jan 2022

…”Some guy who once gave a nice speech about something that isn’t really important anymore.”

Mister Ed

(5,944 posts)

2. Never. It's a PR bonanza for them.

Reply to tenderfoot (Original post)

Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:23 AM

Jan 2022

It's that wonderful day that comes around once a year, when Republican politicians can mouth out-of-context
quotes from a revered public figure to make it sound as though, if he were alive today, he'd be an enthusiastic supporter of right-wing policies.

MissMillie

(38,580 posts)

3. exactly

Reply to Mister Ed (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:58 AM

Jan 2022

it's how they "prove" they are not racist while all the while they're attacking everything MLK stood for

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