[Theodore R.]

I didn’t hear a single speaker Monday even mention the man who made King Day possible, a fellow named Ronald W. Reagan! Reagan was so easily fooled by his advisors that they told him to sign the King Day bill, and Republicans would win over the black vote.

[Impy]

I doubt very much that Reagan was so stupid that he thought the Republicans would "win over the Black vote" through the mere act of signing into law a holiday. I also doubt that any advisors "told" him something so patently ridiculous.