The fight of Martin Luther King Jr. continues today in Ohio against efforts to restrict worker and voting rights, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown told a crowd honoring the slain civil rights leader Monday.
The Democratic senator made the remarks despite the fact that the man who signed two laws that he referred to, Republican Gov. John Kasich, was seated close by.
“Today Martin Luther King would recognize that we’re in troubling times,’’ Mr. Brown said. “We’ve seen an assault all over our nation on worker rights. The state next to us, Indiana, we’re seeing another right-to-work initiative that will in all likelihood go into effect....."
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown has always been a supporter of workers and the middle class.
Unfortunately, someone thought that Sen. Sherrod Brown was too political in his speech about Dr. King. It might be that Alex Triantafilou doesn't know much about Dr. King's contributions. Perhaps Alex Triantafilou is too young to remember the life and times of Dr. King, but I remember. Dr. King fought for voting rights, civil rights, non-violence, and equality in all aspects of our lives.
I did find this Twitter post from the Republican Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party:
ChairmanAlex Alex Triantafilou
Leave it to failed Sen. Sherrod Brown to improperly politicize Dr. King's legacy...that's why I'm voting for Josh Mandel.
Triantafilou should search the archives at The King Center to find the information on Dr. King's work in the area of pay equality and fairness in the work place. Dr. King also supported unions.
It is sad that these young Republican whippersnappers like Triantafilou always try to come up with their own facts. Republicans should remember that people are entitled to their opinions but not their own facts. In the case of Triantafilou voting for Josh Mandel for U.S. Senate, let me remind everyone that Mandel supported SB 5 (check out Mandel's picture at the Mason, Ohio "Yes on Issue 2" rally).
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* I don't know about you, but greed makes me sick to my stomach. After reading this article from the Washington Post, you too might be disturbed by some moves made by Republican John Boehner and his push for the Keystone Pipeline.
WashingtonPost: (h/t to DailyKos)
....Environmentalists note that in December 2010, according to Boehner’s financial disclosure forms, he invested $10,000 to $50,000 each in seven firms that had a stake in Canada’s oil sands, the region that produces the oil the pipeline would transport. The firms include six oil companies — BP, Canadian Natural Resources, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Devon Energy and Exxon — along with Emerson Electric, which has a contract to provide the digital automation for the first phase of a $9.4 billion Horizon Oil Sands Project in Canada.
Bill McKibben, a climate activist and co-founder of the group 350.org, wrote in an e-mail that Boehner has received more than $1 million from fossil-fuel companies, “and now we find out that he’s got extensive personal investments in companies dependent on tarsands oil.”
“He was willing to shut down the government in part to prevent enough time for serious environmental review,” McKibben added. “In any other facet of our public life . . . this whole list taken together would be seen for the gross conflict of interest that it is.”