Here Are The 3 Current Members of Congress Who Voted Against Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

[Superbadbrutha]

if mlk was for reparations he was wrong…

on other issues he was right

Of course a boot licker would believe that.

 

[Papageorgio]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is lauded near-universally by politicians every year, but there are still three members serving in the U.S. Congress who voted against the King holiday — 2 at the federal level and 1 as a state legislator.

Then-President Ronald Reagan reluctantly signed the federal Martin Luther King holiday into law in November of 1983 after the U.S. Senate passed the bill by a 78-22 margin, while the House of Representatives had voted in favor of it by a margin of 338-90. That’s over 78 percent of those who voted, well above the two-thirds needed to override a veto.

The current members of Congress who joined Sen. Jesse Helms in voting against the holiday are all Republicans, although one was a Democrat at the time and later switched parties. They are: Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY).

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) is the only other member to have voted against a King holiday, in 1999 and 2004, but at the state level.

As tempting as it is to view these votes as relics of a past that America has evolved well past, and could never happen these days, a new poll sheds some doubt on that proposition. The latest The Economist/YouGov poll shows that even fewer Republican voters support the King holiday today than did in 1983.

Asked “Do you think that Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a Federal Holiday?”, only 39 percent of Republicans said “yes,” MLK Day should be a federal holiday, with the remaining 61 percent either against it (36%) or not sure (23%).

Overall, 55 percent of respondents said “yes,” Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a Federal Holiday, with 24 percent responding “no” and another 21 percent saying they were “not sure.”

That’s less Republican support than an October, 1983 poll that found 48 percent of Republicans at the time favored establishing the law. Forty-two percent of Republicans were opposed, while 10 percent were “not sure.”

MSN

I wonder how many folks who think Dr. King's birthday shouldn't be a national holiday actually work on that Monday instead of taking it off.

I work most holidays, always have. When I owned a business I worked them all to give employees the day off, now if it falls on a Sunday, I take the day off. As far as MLK being a national holiday, I am good with It.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

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If that is the case, then why did your dumbass take the time to post that bullshit.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Actually Northern Republicans and Democrats broke the filibuster, what do I need to thank you for? I am pretty sure in 1964 you would have been on the side of Southern Democrats.

/——/ As usual, you’re wrong again. In 1964, I was 13 and stood outside the Goldwater local office handing out brochures. I still have the campaign button.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Of course a boot licker would believe that.

What happened Struth, your boot licking ass has run and hid now. See you fools try to reduce Dr. King to I have a dream, Dr. King was much, much more than that little line. The same crooked ass Republicans that love to quote Dr. King today, would despise him if he were alive today.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Actually that would be Republicans, conservatives, right wingers, etc.

It's funny how white men who hated Dr. King are always trying to tell us what he would think today.

You realize you actually didn't debunk anything I just said? Right? Like at all.

And that's because all of it was true.

But you enjoy your little 1960s jerk off session...I'm gonna stay right here in the real World.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

You realize you actually didn't debunk anything I just said? Right? Like at all.

And that's because all of it was true.

But you enjoy your little 1960s jerk off session...I'm gonna stay right here in the real World.

I debunked all that bullshit you came with.

 

[DGS49]

MLK Day, like President's Day, was a mistake. It should have been Great Americans Day, and Congress would choose another great non-politician American to honor each year, giving everyone (mainly school kids) a learning exercise. Same for President's Day. Honor a different one every year, as designated by Congress.

 

[jknowgood]

So you are saying that a Dem President signing the CRA and VRA into law did it. What % of black folks were actually a part of the Great Society?

Enough to kill the black family unit, as planned.

 

[miketx]

Tell us Struth why Republicans don't want to pay honor to Dr. King.

Because he was a racist communist tax evader child rapist and stuttered.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Enough to kill the black family unit, as planned.

Which means you have no clue, so just throw out some shit and hope it sticks.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Because he was a racist communist tax evader child rapist and stuttered.

Actually, it's because they want the votes of morons like you.

 

[miketx]

Actually, it's because they want the votes of morons like you.

Tell me what office king held, howler monkey?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Tell me what office king held, howler monkey?

That doesn't make any sense, Cletus. The people who collect the votes of morons like you only have to make you scared of fantasies. But I am getting a kick out of your newest Tourette's outburst phrase.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Do you remember what that filthy animal lbj said about your race? It involves the N-word and how you would vote for the next 200 years. Your culture was then, and still is, just a prop to the Dims. Hillury said you were the easiest to deceive, Bill and Ted said bammy should be carrying their luggage, Plugs said it was nice to finally see a clean, articulate black man, they had Klan members in congress....

They fucking hate you.

I wonder why the MSM never tell the black community this?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Tell us Struth why Republicans don't want to pay honor to Dr. King.

Dr.King would turn over in his grave if he saw what the dems have done to the black family unit.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Or could it be because Dixiecrats and racist migrated to the Republican Party.

You must be talking about the magical Southern Strategy.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Dr.King would turn over in his grave if he saw what the dems have done to the black family unit.

He would turn even harder if he could see what the Republican Party has become and he would ask what the hell has the Republican Party done for the black family unit. I would tell him, "not a damn thing."

 

[jknowgood]

Which means you have no clue, so just throw out some shit and hope it sticks.

Look it up, before welfare the black family unit was strong. Not today, which is a sad thing.

 

[B. Kidd]

It is the Republican Party today that fights against the principles of Dr. King when he spoke of reparations for those who suffered racial injustice in this country.

And here's the real purpose of your thread; using MLK day to panhandle for reparations.