Tavis Smiley booted from MLK event because he criticizes...
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Chris Walters
"Freedom of Speech" is a RIGHT guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Tavis Smiley was NOT ARRESTED for freely speaking; THAT would've...
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9 years ago
Tavis Smiley, the PBS talk show host who has criticized President Barack Obama for not doing enough for the African-American community, says he was ousted as the speaker at a Martin Luther King luncheon because he was trying to hold the president accountable.
“I don’t see my role as one of criticizing the president. I see my role as one of holding the president — this and every other president — accountable,” Smiley said
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