Posted on 07/29/2020 6:32:33 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
One by one, they passed through the grand Capitol Rotunda to pay respects to the civil rights icon.
It was a solemn display of unity as congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle offered praise for longtime Georgia Rep. John Lewis. There was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called Lewis the conscience of the Congress; and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who praised him as a model of courage. Vice President Mike Pence and former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, came as well.
But missing was a man whose absence spoke volumes: President Donald Trump.
No, I wont be going, Trump told reporters when asked whether he planned to pay his respects to Lewis, the first Black lawmaker to lie in state in the Rotunda. Lewis body was later moved to the steps on the Capitols east side for a public viewing.
Trumps absence was another break in convention for a president who has broken so many norms, and one that underscored his separation from much of Washington society, along with his dismal relationship with Democrats on Capitol Hill especially members of color.
Trump had long harbored resentments toward Lewis.
A spokeswoman for Lewis, who died of pancreatic cancer, brushed off any talk of politics when asked whether the Lewis family had any communication with the White House about whether Trump should attend, calling it irrelevant.
I would say that this is not a political event, said Brenda Jones, the congressmans longtime spokeswoman. Its our time to pay respect to a man who did a great deal for this country. And thats all we want it to be.
The White House did not respond to questions about why the president did not attend.
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Its all about getting Donald Trump to bend the knee to his worst enemies. Lewis went from being a civil rights icon to being a nasty Democrat partisan and Leftist ideologue.
Here’s the real tale, folks. Millions of Americans and people from all over the world attended or paid their respects & honor, at the funerals of POTUS, John F. Kennedy & POTUS, Ronald Reagan.
The recent passing of Barbara Bush, G.H.W. Bush, John McCain and John Lewis drew few onlookers or roadside crowds of mourning Americans. Why? You reap what you sow in this life. This trend will continue for certain people who are in love with themselves, but who are not so great as their personal ego!!! Go figure it out!!! The answers are before you!!!
Soon be time for Carter's Tour, then Billy’ Boy, and on and on it goes...
DEATH IS FINAL ...THE END.
LEWIS WAS PAID BY TAX PAYERS UNTIL HIS LAST BREATH...
ENOUGH SAID...
He was an old angry black supremecist Known for making lying public statements. Good riddance to this garbage
JANUARY 30, 2018...Rep. John Lewis was among 'the first' Democratic lawmakers who said they would not be attending the 'Presidents First State of the Union address'.
September 24, 2019... Lewis....."I've never been supportive of this so-called president. Before he was inaugurated I said he was not legitimate.".....We have a Moral Obligation To Impeach Trump."
I like that you included “almost” in there. So true. The “Stuff that Never Happened” file only grows.
I am looking forward to NOT attending Nancy Pelosi’s funeral. (If I misspelled her name, tough sugar!)
This is along the line of your ex wife dies and a couple of your kids request you not attend the funeral to ‘keep the peace’, then - after the fact - have them all come out and call you a heartless SOB who wouldn’t even show up at their mother’s funeral.
The ‘higher up’ the totem pole, the worse it looks especially when you were respecting THEIR wishes (be it only a couple doesn’t matter)
Because he hated Lewis and Lewis hated him. What more reason does he need?
Lewis lying in state is a joke.
Lewis is the poster child for the reprobate mind.
I’m diggin’ me some PDJT!!!!!!
on the Congressional floor because they didn't get their way on gun control.
Lewis was just another partisan trouble maker who treated Trump like crap. I dont blame Trump one damn bit. I say good riddance.
The Republican nominee 'Angela Stanton-King', who announced her candidacy to challenge Lewis for Georgias 5th Congressional District seat in March.....Stanton-King is the goddaughter of Alveda King, a niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a socially conservative activist.
Lewis was a POS and house “N” for Pelosi. I wasn’t alive for what he did in the 60’s but I know he was vile politician.
He crossed a bridge with MLK. Then he crossed the street in DC with bags filled with millions of dollars that were suppose to go to his district. Instead of helping the people Lewis filled his pockets and his cronies pockets with the money. Typical democrat.
Regular folks cannot have a funeral for a loved one who died during era of covid.
Why are the congress critters so important that they can gather and mingle and risk death, just to virtue signal bout the death of a communist
Again, Trump did the right and appropriate thing. True leader, calling out the nasty hypocrites and not playing their pretend games.
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