Embattled Bob Menendez Now Invoking Martin Luther King to Defend Himself

It seems like a bad sign when public figures under duress quote from scripture and/or civil rights heroes to claim they will be exonerated. If one is truly innocent, what’s the point in holier-than-thou victim-speak? Addressing the ongoing prostitution accusations and suspicions of ethics violations surrounding him, Menendez said this during a Black History Month event in Trenton

Dr. King said that ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,’” Menendez said, prompting calls of “alright” from some in the audience at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton. “In the end, I believe that justice will overcome the forces of darkness. Scriptures — scriptures tell us that he who ‘puts his hand to the plough and looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.’

[Politico]