( CNN) It is a sign of progress that Martin Luther King is now a broadly acknowledged American superstar, the only non-president status with a national holiday, celebrated by left, right and hub. But we do biography a disservice by whitewashing MLK’s legacy.
The truth is that, like every martyr, King was disliked by countless in his time. Some of his most intense pundits were southern Populists, like Alabama Governor George Wallace and Mississippi Senator James Eastland. And yes, many of these tribes were Democrats. But the two parties label stuffs much less than the underlying ideology.
Which is why every year around this time, I get a kick out of conservatives claiming MLK as one of their own. The latest was Vice President Mike Pence, who cited King to defend President Trump’s wall proposal, stating:
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