The late, great Dr. Martin Luther King, had a very inspiring dream back in the day, but what his niece is doing today, probably wasn’t part of it. A while back we featured an article about Alveda King, whom made her entrance into the forefront of mainstream when she began heavily campaigning for Trump during his candidacy. Many were shocked that the niece of one of the most fearless and profound civil rights leaders would endorse someone who has managed to offend damn near every minority group within our society- women, African Americans, Hispanics, the LGBTQ community, and..well, y’all get the point. Anywho, scroll down and get a load of what Alveda and several other influential Black pastors did yesterday and why they’re now catchin’ all kinds of hell over it today.
Pastors: ‘Trump’s The Most Pro-Black President Yet’
It was my great honor to be joined by leading pastors and faith leaders from across our Nation today at the @WhiteHouse! pic.twitter.com/6sS1zGA1p7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018
Many were confused by why a televised roundtable gathering, which the White House labeled as, “Meeting with Inner City Pastors,” occurred on Thursday. During the discussion, well known Black pastors, including Pastor John Gray- one of OWN Network’s reality stars- sat around Trump and praised all that he’s been doing.
Lo and behold, Pastor Darrell Scott was also in attendance. Y’all remember Scott right? He’s the one who has been labeled a sell-out for oftentimes criticizing the Black community and praising Trump, alongside Omarosa during Trump’s presidential run.
During their photo opp’ Kumbayah pow-wow with Trump, Darrell Scott and Alveda King enthusiastically agreed that Trump is “the most pro-Black president” of all time. In the video clip below, Darrell made the following statement, as Alveda sat next to Trump, over-actively smiling and nodding her head in agreement with him:
“This is probably the most pro-active administration regarding urban America and the faith-based community in my lifetime,” said Darrell Scott. “This is probably going be … the most pro-Black president that we’ve had in our lifetime.”
What do you think they got out of this? It had to be more than this 2 second news clip. Are they now equity partners in Trump Inc. or something.
Because we all know that this is all lies. pic.twitter.com/BmBDbgJF5A
— deray (@deray) August 2, 2018
Pastor John Gray opened up the meeting with a prayer, while seemingly attempting to use a quote from Alevda’s Uncle Martin, to try to justify why he was there. In his prayer, Gray referenced the time that MLK once said African Americans need to be seated at the table:
“God, we thank you for an opportunity to speak about the hearts of those who sometimes cannot fight for themselves. Thank you for this moment to be able to share our hearts with the president and his administration,” Gray prayed, according to White House transcripts. “Dr. King said we cannot influence a table that we are not seated at. And so we pray that this conversation will be fruitful, and productive, and honoring of the best traditions of this nation.”
Pastor Jamal Bryant Slams Preachers For Sitting At That Table
After the meeting went viral, many fans slammed the hell outta the pastors for getting absolutely nothing accomplished, other than a photo opp.’ That sentiment is also exactly what infamous pastor and John Gray’s former “The Preachers” co-host, Jamal Bryant, went live on Periscope to go off about:
Retweeted jamalbryant (@jamalhbryant):
Chairs with no legs…..black preachers at the table with trump! https://t.co/KABfLRxFTh https://t.co/KABfLRxFTh
— jamalbryant (@jamalhbryant) August 2, 2018
“My heart is heavy,” Bryant stated in his Periscope video. “We are in a dark, dismal and difficult time when basketball players and rappers have more moral authority than preachers. […] He [God] said, ‘I prepare a table for you in the presence of my enemies’ All these preachers that went. God provided the table and you just walked away with a photo op. And you walked away with nothing.”
Singer, Tweet, should be proud of her man, Pastor Bryant, for standing up against his religious brethren on this one. Thoughts ILOSM fam?’
