On MLK Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s children denounce Trump's comments on immigration

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, two of the civil rights leader's children spoke out against President Trump reportedly calling Haiti and African countries "shitholes."
In Washington, Martin Luther King III said: "I don't even think we need to spend any time even talking about what it says and what it is. We got to find a way to work on this man's heart." Later on CNN, he called Trump's remarks "extremely racist" and said there's "something wrong" with his heart. His sister, Rev. Bernice King, told the crowd at Ebenezer Baptist Church they "cannot allow the nations of the world to embrace the words that come from our president as a reflection of the true spirit of America," adding, "Our collective voice in this hour must always be louder than the one who sometimes does not reflect the legacy of my father."
Trump spent a good chunk of the holiday golfing at the Trump International Golf Course in Florida. Hundreds of protesters with pro-Haiti signs gathered outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach on Monday, while a much smaller group of Trump supporters stood across from them, with one shouting at the Haitians to leave the United States, The Associated Press reports.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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