MLK Jr’s daughter requires pro-Trump account to take away deepfake video of her father ‘endorsing’ Trump | EUROtoday

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The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr has rebuked an AI-generated video that depicts the long-dead civil rights chief endorsing Donald Trump.

The video, which includes a artificial model of King’s voice and likeness, was posted on the social community X on Sunday by a pro-MAGA account, which billed it as what King would say “if he could speak today”.

“We will vote for Donald Trump as our president, and we will fight beside him to make America great again. We will not allow the American dream to die,” intoned the AI voice in a facsimile of King’s trademark rising and falling supply.

But Bernice King, a longtime civil rights activist who was 5 years outdated when her father was assassinated in 1968, was not impressed by the try at digital resurrection.

“Delete this, @MagaResource,” she responded. “It’s vile, fake, irresponsible, and not at all reflective of what my father would say. And you gave no thought to our family.”

The deepfake video echoes longstanding themes of the Republican Party’s outreach to Black voters, as nicely Black activists and social media influencers who assist Donald Trump.

“If a Black man dares speak out in support of Donald Trump, a Democrat is always there to call that man an Uncle Tom, a house n****, or even worse,” it says.

“We’ve been used by the Democrats… they’ve convinced us they’re our only friends, when their actions speak the truth for all to see.

“They act shocked that we’re unhappy. Well, we will by no means be glad as we’re taken as a right, counted on for votes after which solid apart for many who come to this nation illegally.”

Trump has repeatedly claimed to have done more for Black Americans than any other president, with the “potential exception” of Abraham Lincoln (who legally freed millions of slaves with his Emancipation Proclamation and was key to amending the US constitution to abolish slavery).

In support, according to the Associated Press, he and his campaign has cited his 2018 bipartisan deal to reduce prison sentences and his creation of low-tax “alternative zones” in low-income areas – although the latter have been restricted in impact.

On the opposite hand, Trump weakened discrimination protections and diminished federal oversight of police racism throughout his first time as president, and has supported many insurance policies (comparable to proscribing abortion and narrowing voting rights) that disproportionately have an effect on individuals of color.

He has additionally falsely claimed that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, recommended Black critics ought to depart the nation, repeatedly praised, supported, or shared materials created by white supremacists, and led a marketing campaign of demonization in opposition to Haitian immigrants.