‘Pastors for Trump’ founder claims MLK would have been a MAGA Republican

For over a decade Republicans have been trying to co-opt Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s popularity – although not his policies or beliefs. On Monday, far-right-wing Christian nationalist Jackson Lahmeyer, the founder of Pastors for Trump, which is working to get the ex-president re-elected, observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day by falsely claiming the civil rights icon who dedicated his life to battling racial discrimination and fighting for equality would have been a supporter of Donald Trump and his “MAGA” movement. Lahmeyer tweeted a photoshopped image of Dr. King with a red “Make America Great…

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