Bush said: “We are grateful for the good life of Coretta Scott King.”
FACT — BUSH REBUKED KING’S CALL ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Corretta Scott King on 2001 MLK day called for opposition to the “attack on affirmative action.” On MLK’s birthday in 2003, Bush announced his opposition to an affirmative action program.
[CNN.com, 1/15/01, 1/16/03]
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