Former Southern governor thinks he knows what MLK would say

Jacob Nierenberg

Jacob Nierenberg Jun 21, 2025

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Former Southern governor thinks he knows what MLK would say</h1>
                <h2><p>Not content merely to invoke Holocaust rhetoric and effectively condemn a young girl, Mike Huckabee has made a new bid for attention in the crowded Republican primary. Politico reports that Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, continued to hoist the “All Lives Matter” rag, claiming that Martin Luther King, Jr.</p></h2>
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            <p>Not content merely to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/26/politics/huckabee-obama-israel-oven-door/?ref=avalancheghost.one">invoke Holocaust rhetoric</a> and <a href="http://time.com/3999799/mike-huckabee-abortion-rape/?ref=avalancheghost.one">effectively condemn a young girl</a>, Mike Huckabee has made a new bid for attention in the crowded Republican primary. <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/mike-huckabee-black-lives-matter-martin-luther-king-121524.html?ref=avalancheghost.one">Politico reports</a> that Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, continued to hoist the “All Lives Matter” rag, claiming that Martin Luther King, Jr. would be “appalled by the notion that we’re elevating some lives above others.” Perhaps he completely misses all the tragic reality behind Black Lives Matter; perhaps he’s trying to beat <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-immigration-plan-2015-8?ref=avalancheghost.one">Donald Trump</a> in a race to the bottom of the GOP trainwreck. But maybe Huckabee could take a page from The Simpsons and just <a href="https://sports-images.vice.com/images/articles/meta/2015/02/17/the-latest-nfl-stadium-mess-or-old-man-yells-at-cloud-1424186090.jpg?crop=0.7453125xw%3A1xh%3Bcenter%2Ctop&output-quality=75&ref=avalancheghost.one">yell at clouds</a>?</p>
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Not content merely to invoke Holocaust rhetoric and effectively condemn a young girl, Mike Huckabee has made a new bid for attention in the crowded Republican primary. Politico reports that Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, continued to hoist the “All Lives Matter” rag, claiming that Martin Luther King, Jr. would be “appalled by the notion that we’re elevating some lives above others.” Perhaps he completely misses all the tragic reality behind Black Lives Matter; perhaps he’s trying to beat Donald Trump in a race to the bottom of the GOP trainwreck. But maybe Huckabee could take a page from The Simpsons and just yell at clouds?

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By Jacob Nierenberg

Jacob Nierenberg is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He has lived in Washington for nearly all of his life, and still proudly identifies with the Pacific Northwest despite his relocation to Stanford U