Bernice King, the youngest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said that even though she didn't want Trump to win the presidential election, she was upset that President-elect Trump's inauguration was on the same day as MLK Day. I'm happy,'' the newspaper reported. independent reported.
“If it's going to happen, I'm glad it happened on a King's holiday because Dr. King is still speaking to us,” Bernice King said.
“We see the events of January 20 as a wake-up call for the nation and an opportunity to confront the incoming government's tough agenda,” Bernice King wrote in The Independent.
Bernice King was “excited” at the idea of meeting Vice President Harris on MLK Day and “hoped that America would elect someone who embodies the values that her father did.”
Bernice King also warned about what President Trump's victory would mean for the country.
“Trump's victory is a dangerous and oppressive move that undermines and negates the fierce fight for civil and human rights that my parents and so many others sacrificed for,” she said, according to a report in The Independent. “There is a possibility that we will start a new presidential administration.”
