Family of Martin Luther King hits back at Le Pen for comparing struggles

Family of Martin Luther King hits back at Le Pen for comparing struggles

The family of Dr Martin Luther King have criticised far-right leader Marine Le Pen for comparing her ban from running in the 2027 presidential election to the US civil rights movement, describing the comparison as an "inappropriate distortion of history".

The pastor's descendant, murdered in 1968, denounced "an inappropriate distortion of history," as to the comparison made by the head of the RN's bow.

Marine Le Pen compared his combat to that of Martin Luther King. ...

"We will take an example on Martin Luther King, who defended civil rights", launched the leader of the National Rally in early April, during a video call with Italian Matteo Salvini.

While she had compared her "combat" after her condemnation to that of Martin Luther King, figure of the civil rights struggle in the United States, the leader of the far right irritated those close to her...

Marine Le Pen had compared her fight to that of Martin Luther King. But the son of the American civil rights activist responded, sharply dismissing such a comparison.