Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reacts to former President Obama's accusations of voter suppression during his eulogy for Rep. John Lewis.
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Ainsley. Former president Obama
delivering sharp criticism of
president Trump during eulogy of
Congressman John Lewis.
Those in pow whore are doing
their darndest to discourage
people from voting by closing
polling locations and targeting
minorities and students with
restrictive id laws and
attacking our voting rights with
surgical precision, even
undermining the postal service
in the runup to an election
thats going to be depended on
mail in ballots, so people dont
get sick,
Ainsley joining me now the
niece of Dr Martin Luther King
Jr, Dr Alveda king
good morning. How are you
today
Ainsley as we were watching
that it sounded more like a
campaign or a rally?
I thought it was wonderful that
the former president came to
honor his friend Mr Lewis,
Congressman Lewis, but he was
talking about politics. What did
you think of it?
Well, I guess we should have
expected that the left, including
President Obama, would take that
occasion for a political moment.
Theyll grab any opportunity
thats to be understood.
I have chosen not to politicize
the death of Congressman Lewis
but remember as peaceful
nonviolent warrior and encourage
everyone to solve problems
peacefully.
However, President Obama took us
back to 1960s, and that was a
time when segregation was still
on the books. Segregation was
still legal and those in power.
Some of them were trying to
enforce that and keep that
today. When the National Guard
goes in or state troopers, they
are trying to protect the people
of America in every community
and to save lives and protect
people.
There is a totally distinct
difference,
also implying without calling
any names. He was very clever not
to call any names saying that
there was an effort to undermine
the voting process.
You know, actually President
Trump is saying people please
pay attention. We do want you to
vote, use your absentee ballots,
go to the polls,
hes even encouraged. You know
people to be poll watchers and
poll workers, and that kind of
thing
President Trump is not trying to
suppress the vote.
As a matter of fact, you can see
in my community im telling
everybody make sure you vote
register to vote. Pastors
leaders encourage your people to
vote,
we do want people to vote safely
and we need the voting process
to be fair and so to politicize
the funeral of a peaceful
warrior. I mean, I guess they
grabbed an opportunity to be
political, also, really quickly.
The pastor of Ebenez Baptist
Church quoted that Jesus died to
protect us and he said that by
John Lewis wound we were
healed.
Oh my god Isaiah53
Ainsley, Dr King. Thank you for.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-01.