Politicians love to exploit MLK day to push whatever agenda they might have.
Either that or they just put out a simple tweet to at least
make it seem like they're honoring the legacy of MLK.
One example is Kirsten Cinema,
a conservative Democratic senator who has stood in the way of passage for
major social spending bills that would actually improve our lives.
She wrote, today we remember the life and
legacy of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr #MLK day.
Well, thank you for that senator Cinema, thank you so much.
And I just wanna remind you all that Cinema is one of the Democratic
senators who has refused to reform the legislative
filibuster necessary to pass a voting rights bill.
I wonder how MLK would feel about that, but she's not even the worst one in
terms of these tweets, we've got one other person to bring up in just a second, but
Jake, I'd love to hear your brief comments on this.
>> Yeah, you can't block voting rights, and
then tell us a pretty little quote from Martin Luther King, by the way,
note to all the people White Washington Martin Luther King.
He was an actual radical rebel, he fought for poor people, black people.
He talked about the vicious races in the south, and
later I'm gonna get to his actual quote about white moderates, which is scathing.
And exactly applies to Krista Cinema who was the evil person who
blocked voting rights just a couple of days ago.
>> Absolutely, and actually his quote about white moderates is one of my
favorite quotes, and it would not only apply to Cinema,
it would also apply to someone like Hillary Clinton who also tweeted this.
This is my favorite, MLK Jr said, I had hoped that the white moderate would
understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice.
And that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously
structured dams that blocked the flow of social progress.
And then she says this is a sub tweet.
Are you sub tweeting yourself?
Does she not know that she is exactly the kind of person that
MLK was talking about in that tweet?
She's the exact white moderate who has stood in the way of so
many important policies from passing,
including Medicare for all or single healthcare system.
That would be far better than the Affordable Care Act, which she fought for
tooth and nail in the 2016 election.
It's amazing, I think she's delusional,
I think she thinks she's like a progressive or something.
But anyway, what do you think Jake?
>> Yeah, no, I when I first thought I was like, is this a deep fake,
have the Russians finally hacked into her account and
decided that they're gonna put up absurd things that are like purposely insulting
of Hillary Clinton from Hillary Clinton's account.
You couldn't insult Hillary Clinton better than quoting Martin Luther King talking
about white moderates blocking progress, but Anna you're absolutely right.
They're so clueless, in their version of the movie that's in their head,
they're the hero, and Martin Luther King, if he was alive,
he'd be like, Hillary, we did not do universal healthcare.
I mean, who needs voting rights Hillary?
I mean look, the people that are really disgruntled are the bankers,
you are so right to serve their interests Hillary.
I guess she believes that, but thank God [CROSSTALK]
>> It's what MLK would have wanted,
MLK would have wanted our government to serve the bankers,
that's what he was known for, very pro banker.
>> Yeah, and that's why he put together the poor people's campaign.
Wait, Hillary Clinton would have despised the poor people's campaign.
She was all these radicals, they want change right now?
No, we'll give you a little bit of change and then 20 years later you might or
might not get more, right?
So let me show you what Martin Luther King actually said, this from the letter from
a Birmingham jail, and now I'm gonna quote him verbatim.
This is actually his actual words, okay?
He said, first I must confess that over the past few years I've been gravely
disappointed with the white moderate.
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's greatest
stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not
the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner.
But the white moderate, who is more devoted to their quote order than to
justice, who prefers a negative peace, which is the absence of
tension to a positive peace, which is the presence of justice.
Who constantly says, I agree with you and the goal you seek, but
I cannot agree with your methods of direct action,
who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom.
>> Jake, that quote every time, I mean I've read that quote so many times,
every time I read it, I could feel the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Because it's so powerful, and it's so accurate, and it's so relevant even today,
it's such a powerful statement, I love it, anyway, continue.
>> No, the last thing I was gonna say is,
what you see the mainstream media saying it and I have now said it because so
many times because it applied to me and it was such a perfect case of it.
But the LA times said we agree with Jenks positions, but
he's not civil enough, because they wanted to maintain the order
rather than seek justice, and forget me 1000 times forget me.
But that's just an example of what they do to every progressive,
Nina Turner fights back too much Bernie Sanders fights back too much,
we treasure our order more than we do justice.
So the progressives who seek out justice are the bad guys,
they tell all the voters.
And the number one person who does that is Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton,
and honestly, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, and Christmas Cinema,
they are exactly the white moderates.
And look at that quote, he did not hesitate, don't whitewash him.
He said those white moderates are worse than the Ku Klux Klanner.
>> Yeah, so Hillary Clinton, take a look in the mirror,
[LAUGH] you're the white moderate, your standing in the way of progress.
And one final thing I'll say is, remember,
it was just a few weeks ago where in an MSNBC interview or NBC interview,
Hillary Clinton said that the Democratic Party needs to move away from
progressivism and focus more on moderate policies.
She said that, she knows, I mean she knows who she is, come on.