Martin Luther King III: My father ‘was a bridge builder, not a wall builder’

Martin Luther King III said his father “was a bridge builder, not a wall builder” as he rebuked Vice President Mike Pence for sharing a quote from the elder King when discussing ending the partial government shutdown over a border wall dispute.

“Whenever I get to this period, it always is reflective. This year is probably more reflective than ever because I wonder what my father would be thinking and (asking), especially since we have an administration and administrators — and reverend said the vice president, I forget exactly what you said, reverend — but the vice president attempted to compare the president to Martin Luther King Jr.,” Martin Luther King III said during a breakfast Monday hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton.