Al Sharpton: Pence Doesn’t Seem to Understand the Language Dr. King Used

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SHARPTON: “Well, I think that, first of all, if you listen to the quote, I think the Vice President did not really understand what he was quoting. Dr. King said, 'Make American democracy, live up to American democracy.' Well, you don’t live up to the promise of American democracy by barring those that want to seek asylum here because they’re not enjoying democracy where they are. So not only is it a miscarriage of Dr. King’s quote, he doesn’t even seem to understand the English and the language Dr. King was using. But Dr. King has been quoted — I played last night on 'PoliticsNation' with his son sitting with me, Martin III, talking about the Berlin wall and saying how he should not build walls. For this president and vice president to not even have a scheduled appearance on King Day, but to misuse the quote of Dr. King when they have 800,000 federal workers not being paid, when Dr. King was assassinated marching for workers. Let's not forget, Mika, Dr. King was in Memphis fighting for workers. Workers today are being furloughed and not being paid on Dr. King holiday. They had to get gifts in order to keep the Martin Luther King Park open today for Martin Luther King Day and the President and the Vice President would misuse a quote and not even celebrate his official federal holiday. So not only have they closed down federal workers’ paychecks, they’ve in effect ignored a federal holiday that was signed by Ronald Reagan.”