Martin Luther King, Jr. said a filibuster of civil rights legislation would be a “blatant abuse of the legislative and democratic process.”
(🎥 May 26th, 1964)
Dr. King said the upcoming March on Washington, where he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, would be a direct response to a filibuster against civil rights legislation.
(🎥 August 12th, 1963)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said using the filibuster against civil rights legislation could lead to “chaos.”
MLK urged President Kennedy to act because “the South is thinking now in terms of talking the bill away, filibustering.”
(🎥: 1963 Interview)
MLK called a filibuster of civil rights legislation a “tragedy” used by “misguided Senators” who “do not represent the majority of the American people.”
(🎥 1963)
“There will be, I’m sure, a filibuster and we will definitely protest this.”
“…we are determined to see civil rights legislation.”
MLK announced the March on Washington was direct action against Senators blocking civil rights.
(🎥 1963)
“No compromise! No filibuster!”
Bayard Rustin, executive director for the March on Washington, demanded civil rights legislation and the right to vote.
(🎥 1963)
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A hospital in Kirk Cousins’ hometown drops him as an official spokesperson after his anti-vaccine comments google.com/amp/s/www.wzzm…
At the beginning of the pandemic, Kirk Cousins made a video thanking healthcare workers.
The unvaccinated NFL quarterback said he “takes great comfort” that Holland Hospital will take care of his family if they become infected with COVID-19.
In June 2020, Kirk Cousins wore a mask for a photo shoot at Holland Hospital.
3 months later, Kurt Cousins went on a podcast and affirmed he believes “masks are stupid, you’re all a bunch of lemmings.”
Kirk Cousins’ dad believes that Satan is behind textbook changes, cancel culture, efforts to remove Confederate statues, and the current [Black Lives Matter] platform in “pro sports.”
This is where he gets his ideas from.
Kirk Cousins has appeared in programming published by the church.
The church is open and doesn’t require masks in the services.
After the clip circulated, Kirk Cousins dad, Don Cousins, said he stands by his comments which included anti-Black Lives Matter sentiment, and only regrets speaking out about statue removal because it would take more time to explain.
Miami Dolphins player Adam Shaheen has been placed on the team’s COVID-19 list.
Shaheen set his Twitter profile location to “somewhere without a mask” and his bio to “I will not comply.”
“I hate Barack Obama with an unhealthy passion.”
After being drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2017, anti-masker Adam Shaheen deleted a tweet about how he passionately hated the first Black President of the United States.
“I’m an expert on the geography of Africa after that bus ride.”