MAGA's vision is the antithesis of Dr. King's

Accountability Is a Prerequisite for Healing Adam Russell Taylor I have been filled with a divine rage since armed insurrectionists, instigated by the president, violently sieged our Capitol last week. There must be accountability. In one move toward that, 10 Republicans joined all 222 House Democrats in voting that President Donald Trump incited an insurrection. He is now the only U.S. president to be impeached twice. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and the nine other Republicans who joined her described their vote to impeach as a vote of “conscience.” Invoking that word made me think of Martin Luther King Jr.’s wisdom: "Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right." Many Republican leaders will invoke Dr. King on Monday but I wish more of them had considered his words before voting on impeachment. King’s vision of beloved community is the antithesis of the dystopian vision of “Make America Great Again.”  READ THE FULL ARTICLE Forward Share

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