I believe whole heartedly the democrats are trashing MLK since they have adopted BLM as their go to "Civil Rights" leaders. In fact, I don't see any reason for Dr. King's statues or monuments as he promoted non-violence and the thugs of BLM support violence in their guidance of democrats. Just like the democrats want to get rid of mention of people who were Southern leaders during the Civil War. they should accept that people who no longer, in their philosophies, represent the "new" democrat party, monuments to them have no place in the public domain, MLK being one of them.