Democratic National Committee chair candidate Jehmu Greene accused Donald Trump on Monday of "refusing" to celebrate Martin Luther King Day despite the president-elect holding a private meeting with King's eldest son to discuss voting rights and inclusion under his administration.
Greene insisted that she was looking for an economic plan under Trump that speaks to the needs of the working class of all races, causing Fox News host Tucker Carlson to mention Trump's plan to reimport prescription drugs at a cheaper price from Canada. Carlson then asked why President Obama never proposed that plan.
Greene avoided the question and discussed how Republicans have been obstructing Obama during his presidency and did not work with the president to fix Obamacare. Carlson said that Greene was generalizing and is above the partisan argument she was making.
"I am asking you a very specific question, and I am asking you: Do you agree with Trump's plan to reimport drugs at a lower price from Canada?" Carlson asked. "American drugs that have been sold in Canada, lower price, and bringing them back ... What's your response to that?"
Greene responded that she has not seen the plan and was not going to play a "gotcha" game with Carlson, which prompted him to insist that it was not a "gotcha" game.
"I'm not going to sit here and cheerlead somebody who is refusing to even celebrate Martin Luther King Day and understand," Green said.
"Why do you always bring it back to race? I'm asking you about economics" Carlson said.
Greene did not mention that Trump had a "constructive" discussion with King's son, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King III, at Trump Tower on Monday, according to the New York Times.
"He said that he is going to represent Americans–he's said that over and over again," Mr. King, the president of the Drum Major Institute, a progressive New York-based public policy organization, told reporters. "We will continue to evaluate that."
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"It is very clear that the system is not working at its maximum," Mr. King told reporters. "We believe we provided a solution."
Trump also met Monday with the civil rights hero's niece, Alveda C. King, who told the American Thinker that she voted for Trump in the 2016 election and hopes that Democrats will come together and work with the president-elect and Republicans in Congress.