Politicians, including Trump, mark MLK Jr. holiday with appeals to black voters and commemoration of the civil rights leader

President Donald Trump, center, Vice President Mike Pence, left, escorted by Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, right, visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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