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Tucker Carlson: “Michael King who changed his name [to Martin Luther King].”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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He had some very funny prose. You know, he had really. He was a spicy character. Yes, the real Martin Luther. Not Michael Luther who changed his name. Michael King who changed his name [to Martin Luther King]. But. But anyway the actual. The German monk. But one of the things he didn't got rid of Indulgences, thank God, in my view. But he also got rid of confession. (22:26–22:29)

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Asserts that Martin Luther King Jr.'s original name was Michael King.

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