MLK was a Socialist?
Via Mediaite:
MSNBC host Touré celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in a unique fashion. He sought to correct the record about King’s legacy by insisting that the civil rights leader advocated for, as part of his war on poverty, a guaranteed income and an occupation. He added that access to government benefits, like food stamps, result in general outcomes for those that enjoy them than those who do not.
Touré began by playing a clip of King lamenting the condition of so many whites in the 1960s receiving farming benefits who did not earn them. Touré said that King’s final crusade against poverty was his last campaign.
The MSNBC host said that King advocated for an “economic bill of rights that would provide a guaranteed income that would make sure that every American had a concrete amount to spend each year.”
“He meant for government to ensure every American a reasonable income that would be linked to inflation,” he continued. “Government would also have a responsibility to create jobs.” Touré added that King was in the process of “drafting a multi-racial army of the poor to dramatize their plight” just prior to his assassination.