it does not takes courage to have federal officers with riot shields and tear gas and rubber bullets clear a path for a heavily-guarded president to walk across the street, hold up a Bible and scowl for the cameras
that’s what President Trump did yesterday 1/
that’s what President Trump did yesterday 1/
it took courage for a white politician to address a black crowd in an American city in 1968, give them the news that Martin Luther King had been assassinated, and speak to them extemporaneously
that’s what Robert F. Kennedy did in April 1968
that’s what Robert F. Kennedy did in April 1968
RFK delivered this message:
“what we need in the United States is not division, not hatred, not violence and lawlessness, but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another
“a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer in our country, whether they be white or black”
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“what we need in the United States is not division, not hatred, not violence and lawlessness, but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another
“a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer in our country, whether they be white or black”
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“to tame the savageness of man and to make gentle the life of this world - let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and our people”
RFK himself was assassinated two months later
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RFK himself was assassinated two months later
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