Historians may one day point to Jan. 21, 2019, as the day irony as we know it died. What other reason can explain why unapologetically racist Iowa Congressman Steve King chose to tweet a tribute to the slain civil rights legend Martin Luther King Jr. on the day commemorating his birth. To make things more ludicrous, King’s tweet of praise included this quote attributed to King: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”Problem is, King never actually said that, according to Snopes.com.

Source: Huffington Post January 22, 2019 00:33 UTC