MLK’s Daughter Slams Trump Remarks

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Updated Apr. 13, 2017 3:18PM ET / Published Aug. 09, 2016 5:39PM ET

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter on Tuesday scolded Donald Trump for suggesting to his supporters that “Second Amendment people” can prevent a President Hillary Clinton from nominating Supreme Court justices of her choice. “As the daughter of a leader who was assassinated, I find #Trump's comments distasteful, disturbing, dangerous,” Bernice King tweeted shortly after Trump’s comments garnered nationwide attention. “His words don't #LiveUp.” The Trump campaign has maintained that the nominee was not calling for violence against Clinton, but rather for gun owners to get involved in the political process.

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MLK’s Daughter Slams Trump Remarks

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