Did Tucker Even Watch Coretta Scott King's Memorial Before Criticizing It?

Tucker Carlson apparently thought it was appropriate for him to critique the "manners" of a civil rights leader speaking at Coretta Scott King's funeral. Fortunately, the Rev. Dr. Lowery slapped Carlson back down.

"So I’m comfortable with the fact that I was reflecting on Mrs. King’s tenacity against war, her determination to witness against war and to speak truth to power."

I'll say one thing. Tucker Carlson at least had the dignity to invite Dr. Lowery on to defend himself, which is more than most of the white commentators rushing to defend Mrs. King's honor from her old friends have done.

That said, when Tucker saw fit to criticize Paul Wellstone's memorial service, he hadn't even seen the service. I hope he at least bothered to watch this time.

Nonetheless, expect to see the cracker party get mighty enraged about the uppity negro at Coretta Scott King's funeral. This depspite the fact that out of 231 Republican Representatives in Congress, 230 just got F's on their civil rights voting score from the NAACP.

Tell you what, Tucker, you call out Pat Robertson for talking about racial suicide in Europe and maybe we can start having a conversation about what is an appropriate way to remember civil rights leaders here in America.

--Matt Singer

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