NY Mag editor upset that Trump ‘unfortunately’ takes office on MLK Day

“When will Trump take office? On MLK Day, unfortunately,” lamented The Intelligencer’s senior editor Margaret Hartmann in a new piece.

Hartmann noted the “depressing” news that President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second, non-consecutive term on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The presidential inauguration sometimes falls on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., which occurs on the third Monday of January each year, close to King’s birthday on January 15.

“If you’re not a big fan of Donald Trump, you’ve probably gotten used to hearing a lot of stupid and/or depressing political news in recent months,” she wrote in New York magazine’s The Intelligencer. “I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but as the Biden administration draws to a close, there’s another unpleasant fact that may not have dawned on you: The second Trump inauguration will take place on January 20, 2025, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.”

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View of the American religious and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (center) at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where he would deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech, Washington, DC, August 28, 1963. (Photo by Rowland Scherman/Getty Images)

Two other inaugurations have fallen on MLK Day since its inception, including Bill Clinton’s second inauguration in 1997 and Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013.

Hartmann was equally dismayed that Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump in the general election, is not getting her historic moment in the spotlight.

“So, if Kamala Harris had become the first black woman elected president… Yes,” she wrote simply.

But instead, Hartmann laments, “we want to curse him who spent the first MLK Day of his presidency playing golf and who recently boasted that his pre-riot speech on January 6, 2021 drew a larger audience than King’s ‘I’ Have a Dream speech (which is not true).”

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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to a crowd during the annual Kings Day at the Dome rally at the State House on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The event first began in an effort to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds. ((Photo by Sean Rayford for the Washington Post))

Trump defeated Harris by 312 to 226 electoral votes, with all seven swing states in the process, and also won the popular vote.

In Trump’s first term, he marked the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination.

“This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. King, who was tragically assassinated on April 4, 1968.” Trump said in a White House proclamation in January 2018. “As we approach this solemn milestone, we recognize our nation’s continuing debt to Dr. King’s legacy. Dr. King spoke for the world we still demand—where the sacred rights of all Americans are protected, rural and urban communities are prosperous from coast to coast, and our borders and our opportunities are not defined by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character, we remember the immense promise of freedom that lies in reason for our great republic, the responsibility it demands of all of us who claim its benefits, and the many sacrifices made by those who have come before us.”

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The civil rights activist is best remembered for his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, as well as for overseeing the Montgomery Bus Boycott in protest of racial segregation. He also participated in the Selma march, which helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses thousands during his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington. (AP photo) (AP)

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Fox News Digital’s Maureen Mackey contributed to this report.