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Media throw John Lewis' civil rights record in Trump's face
The Washington Examiner ^ | January 14, 2017 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 01/14/2017 11:52:16 AM PST by kevcol

Journalists piled on criticism after President-elect Trump shot back at Democratic Rep. John Lewis for questioning the legitimacy of the election, many calling attention to the fact that Lewis is a civil rights icon and seemingly ignoring the fact that Trump does not mention race in his tweets.

"Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to......mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results," Trump tweeted early Saturday. "All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!"

Almost immediately Trump was decried by members of the media for "insulting" the black Georgia lawmaker.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: cbc; johnlewis; racebaiters; trump
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To: stylin19a
Before the war in VN the Marine Corps was difficult to enlist in if you had any thing more than a minor traffic Violation.

We had a District Court Judge in Peabody, Mass who was the outstanding Marine Recruiter in Essex County.

Do a year on the County or come back with the enlistment papers signed. Saved a number of our more way ward young men.

81 posted on 01/14/2017 1:17:21 PM PST by Little Bill (o)
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To: dp0622

Thanks.

Please see post #61 on this thread.

During the Sessions hearings, how hard would it have been for these so-called Republican strategists to make a poster-sized image of this 2015 photograph and prop it up on a stand in the Senate chamber?


82 posted on 01/14/2017 1:17:48 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (January 20, 2017....America's liberation day approaches.....)
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He did participate in the freedom marches, so maybe if we award him with a participation award he’ll go away?


83 posted on 01/14/2017 1:19:17 PM PST by lecram
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To: kevcol

What has he done that would benefit humanity.


84 posted on 01/14/2017 1:33:44 PM PST by sport
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To: miss marmelstein

Not to give you a short answer, but, no he is not.Not even a mother could love a face like that.


85 posted on 01/14/2017 1:36:35 PM PST by sport
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To: Castigar

Well, that’s the way it is. He’s supposed to take it the way George Bush took it.

Lewis is a creep. He accused teapartiers of spitting on him and calling him “nigger.”

Pig! Liar! Falsifier!


86 posted on 01/14/2017 1:43:22 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: mass55th
Doing something honorable or memorable in your life doesn’t mean you should be given a pass when you behave like an a$$hole.

Benedict Arnold was a wounded war hero!

87 posted on 01/14/2017 1:43:24 PM PST by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: kevcol

And just exactly what has he done in the last thirty years?????


88 posted on 01/14/2017 1:49:54 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: stylin19a
Evan McMullen “While you avoided the draft, John Lewis risked his life for equality in America. “

He did a piss poor job of it then because there still isn't equality in America. If there was equality in America,I could get away with not paying my income taxes like Al Sharpton or commit any crime I please without suffering any consequences like Hillary Clinton. So if that was what he was doing, he damn sure did not do his job.

89 posted on 01/14/2017 1:51:20 PM PST by sport
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To: kevcol

Attention, comrades! Deploy the Race Shield!


90 posted on 01/14/2017 1:52:02 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: kevcol

The a-hole picked a fight and sucker punched Trump and now the mediots are shocked and dismayed that he punched back.


91 posted on 01/14/2017 1:54:00 PM PST by Sirius Lee (If Trump loses, America dies)
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To: The Toll

Have you been back?


92 posted on 01/14/2017 1:54:41 PM PST by sport
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To: Fiddlstix

Few things make me laugh out loud anymore.

FReepers make me laugh on a regular basis.


93 posted on 01/14/2017 2:05:27 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Great picture. Missed opportunity. Maybe not. I’ll still send it to everybody :)


94 posted on 01/14/2017 2:09:32 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: sport

Not if I can help it.


95 posted on 01/14/2017 2:15:16 PM PST by The Toll
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To: The Toll

I don’t blame you.


96 posted on 01/14/2017 2:43:00 PM PST by sport
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To: YogicCowboy

97 posted on 01/14/2017 2:48:15 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: kevcol

Mr. Lewis apparently cannot abide a white president. Now what’s the word for that?


98 posted on 01/14/2017 9:43:54 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: kevcol

Wow. On the ugliness scale, this guy actually gives Harry Waxman a run for his money.


99 posted on 01/15/2017 8:49:38 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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