The recent Dallas Morning News editorial defending Gov. Greg Abbott's role as honorary grand marshal in a North Texas parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. fails to understand the damage done and hostility directed to minority Texans by Abbott. Moreover, it reads as a disrespectful lecture to local minority leaders, presuming to tell us when we should, or should not, be offended.Abbott's actions as a public official in Texas are a record that is more befitting a grand wizard than a grand marshal of a parade celebrating King. Objections to Abbott are not based on partisanship or broad, long-past injustices. His attacks on minority civil rights, voting rights, education and economic opportunity are recent, ongoing and doing damage in real time. Continue reading...
Gov. Abbott Has Not Earned His Place in an MLK Celebration
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