COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As Americans commemorate Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic presidential hopefuls are fanning out across the country to honor the civil rights leader and make themselves heard on the national stage. In the nation’s capital, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is weighing a presidential bid, spoke at a King event alongside former Vice President Joe Biden, who’s considering his own 2020 run. He made the remark Monday during speech at a breakfast celebrating King’s life that was held by the Rev. The Vermont independent senator lost the state’s 2016 Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton by more than 40 percentage points. We know that we’ve not yet reached those ideals, but our strength is that we fight to reach those ideals.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2019 15:50 UTC