Coincidentally, Inauguration Day falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This means Donald Trump will become president (again) on the day dedicated to the legendary civil rights leader. Perhaps the correlation is more fitting than it initially appears. A white Republican president restored the legacy of MLK that was destroyed by a black Democrat president.
As with all great historical figures, King’s legacy is complicated. But, in the minds of most Americans, his impact on our culture can be summarized by the famous sentence from his 1963 “I Have A Dream Speech”. There, the Baptist minister said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Whatever else King may or may not have accomplished, that is the vision he gave to the American people. MLK Jr. Day is supposed to be a time when we work toward a culture where character matters more than race; where morality matters more than appearance.
That dream was shattered by the divisive rhetoric of Barack Obama. Then DEI policies decided that the color of your skin was the only “content” that mattered. The dream of MLK was completely reversed. Suddenly, skin color was character and no amount of moral virtue could make up for being born into the “oppressor class”.
The election of Kamala Harris would have been the deathblow to King’s dream. Vice President Harris did not run on the content of her character or even the content of her policies. She ran on the color of her skin. “Black woman” was the beginning and end of her campaign. America was asked to judge the presidential candidates “by the color of their skin”.
But America refused. By re-electing Donald Trump, we the people of the United States chose to reject leftwing racism and recommit ourselves to the dream MLK articulated.
January 20, 2025, is not just a victory for Donald Trump. It’s a victory for the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And above all, it’s a victory for the people of these United States, regardless of the color of their skin.
Leave a Reply