Rev. Bernice King, the daughter of late civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., is livid after peepin’ Donald Trump’s latest claims, in which he oddly involved her dad’s powerful legacy. In fact, Bernice is so offended by Trump’s MLK-comparison, that she has called him out over it, by shutting down his imaginative claims with a ‘receipt.’
What Trump Said That Made MLK’s Daughter Respond
As y’all have heard by now, on August 8, 2024, Trump held a press conference at his Mar-A-Lago resort. He seemingly grew a tad agitated when a reporter asked him about the massive crowd that Democratic Presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris; and her VP nominee pick, Tim Walz, recently drew on the Presidential campaign trail. That’s when Trump oddly compared himself – by way of comparing his crowd size – to a deceased civil rights icon, MLK, claiming he drew a bigger crowd during his January 6, 2021 rally, than Dr. King did for his revolutionary “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
“Oh give me a break,” Trump spewed. “I’ve spoken to the biggest crowds. Nobody’s spoken to crowds bigger than me. If you look at Martin Luther King when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people, if not we had more. And they said he had a million people, but I had 25,000 people.”
Trump claims his crowds are larger than Martin Luther King Jr.’s pic.twitter.com/fuGPWZW66P
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 8, 2024
The Math Ain’t Mathin’
Trump’s crowd-size claim is not accurate, as was pointed out by The Associated Press’s fact checkers:
“Approximately 250,000 people attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which King gave his speech, according to the National Park Service. The Associated Press reported in 2021 that there were at least 10,000 people at Trump’s address.” – AP
Additionally, Trump’s claim of the location of his 2021 rally was also inaccurate. He did not hold his rally in the same location as MLK. Dr. King delivered his speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, which is nearly one mile from where Trump’s rally was held at the Ellipse– the grassy area near the White House.
Bernice King’s Response To Trump’s MLK-Comparison
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) August 8, 2024
In a response to Trump’s inaccurate claims, Bernice King re-shared a clip on X (formerly Twitter) of his MLK-comparison statements, along with photos of MLK, and the crowd that showed up for her father’s 1963 “I Have A Dream Speech” –which was visibly far more massive than Trump’s 2021 rally. She captioned her post with this:
“Absolutely not true. I really wish that people would stop using my father to support fallacy.”
Props to Bernice King for speaking up for her iconic father who’s no longer here to speak for himself…but also, who’s positive, unified legacy continues to stand the test of time.
Now, as far as Trump and his MLK-comparison…well, my mother always told me, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say nothing at all.” Soooo…on that note, I Love Old School Music fam,’ I’ll holla back at y’all later. 😎✌🏽
