*Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., is speaking out about the NAACP’s claim that the state of Florida is “hostile to Black Americans.”
As The Hill reports, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called the advisory “bizarre” and “utterly dishonest.”
“In the 1950s & 1960s, the NAACP did extraordinary good helping lead the civil rights movement,” Cruz tweeted. “Today, Dr. King would be ashamed of how profoundly they’ve lost their way.”
Bernice King responded with a photo of her father along with the caption, “What my father would be deeply concerned about is the harmful, discriminatory legislation in Florida.”
This is bizarre. And utterly dishonest.
In the 1950s & 1960s, the NAACP did extraordinary good helping lead the civil rights movement.
Today, Dr. King would be ashamed of how profoundly they’ve lost their way. https://t.co/F9EAiEfDP6
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 21, 2023
On Saturday, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida in response to Gov. DeSantis’ “aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.”
“Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, the state of Florida has become hostile to Black Americans and in direct conflict with the democratic ideals that our union was founded upon,” NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson said, CBS News reports. “He should know that democracy will prevail because its defenders are prepared to stand up and fight. We’re not backing down, and we encourage our allies to join us in the battle for the soul of our nation.”
On Monday, Johnson defended the advisory, The Hill reports.
“We are witnessing firsthand how he’s governing, and he’s governing to a small vocal minority of the community, not the majority interest of Florida,” Johnson said. “Nor is he governing towards a future of Florida, which will not look like the small minority that he’s speaking to in this moment.”
READ MORE: NAACP Issues Travel Advisory for Florida | WATCH
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