(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)President-elect Donald Trump, who spent the weekend engaged in a war of words with civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), met Monday with Martin Luther King III to discuss voting rights. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, represents a mix of symbolism and substance. [Trump’s long, difficult relationship with African Americans]Trump tweeted Monday: “Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all the many wonderful things that he stood for. “Many people are concerned that our new president could undo much of what the outgoing president has achieved,” King III wrote in the op-ed. “We’re going to end up with more and more voter ID laws,” said American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Norman Ornstein.

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2017 14:17 UTC