A deepfake showed MLK Jr. backing Trump. His daughter calls it ‘vile.’

Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice on Monday condemned an artificially generated video of the Civil Rights leader praising former president Donald Trump , as both parties court Black voters ahead of Election Day. The video, posted Sunday night on the social network X by a pro-Trump account called MAGA Resource, falsely depicted King urging Black people to vote for Trump, claiming he did “more for the Black community than any other president.

” By late Monday it had garnered over 10 million views..