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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

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To: kevcol

Back in the 60s many of the so-called “civil rights icons” were respected

Now that they’ve devolved into far left racists, no one has any obligation to respect them

Respect is earned, not annoited

Screw Lewis The Bigot and anti-Constitutionalist


41 posted on 01/14/2017 12:13:26 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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42 posted on 01/14/2017 12:13:34 PM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: DoodleDawg
What John Lewis fought for in the 1960’s and what he is fighting for now are two very different things.

Yep. He forgets what political party gave him his many beatings (political and physical).

43 posted on 01/14/2017 12:13:49 PM PST by llevrok (je sui cou rouge !)
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To: DoodleDawg
What John Lewis fought for in the 1960’s and what he is fighting for now are two very different things.

Yep. He forgets what political party gave him his many beatings (political and physical).

44 posted on 01/14/2017 12:13:49 PM PST by llevrok (je sui cou rouge !)
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To: kevcol
coughing up a hairball???
45 posted on 01/14/2017 12:14:42 PM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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To: stylin19a
Interesting that Lewis somehow wasn’t drafted ....maybe because he was arrested too many times ?

In all fairness, he was arrested for standing up for Civil Rights, which wasn't a crime but was treated as one.

Of course, the fact that it was the Democrats who did the arresting, and is the same party that runs the cities where blacks are gunned down in such large numbers now, is lost on the left.

46 posted on 01/14/2017 12:16:00 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Trump has been producing jobs, while all the left has been producing is excuses for why they lost.)
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To: billorites

Yes,that was then and this is now.Anyone who thinks Lewis hasn’t been corrupted by years of exposure to the core of Democrat power is a fool.


47 posted on 01/14/2017 12:16:20 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: kevcol

“We, Democrats, are the party of Pizzagate, Benghazi Manpads, ISIS-creation,
slavery (both then and now), rape (both then and now), witness murders,
IRS abuse of conservatives, arming al Qaeda, and open borders
to bring incurable diseases to ALL Americans.”

48 posted on 01/14/2017 12:16:36 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: kevcol

What was the black unemployment rate, the percentage of out of wedlock births in black families, and the number of black men in jail fifty years ago? There are so many problems in black communities all over this country, but fossils like Lewis still want to blame the white boogeyman for everything. Blacks are the problem and the solution to what ails them, but you can’t have a rational discussion with most of them on these issues. They’re still dominated and controlled by the same political party that physically enslaved them until 150 years ago, and has done so much damage to them as a people throughout this nation’s history.


49 posted on 01/14/2017 12:16:37 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: kevcol

He is a civil-rites FRAUD-con.


50 posted on 01/14/2017 12:16:42 PM PST by Gasshog (Clinton denies... Expect to see a lot of this)
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To: kevcol
Trump commented on Lewis as a Congressional representative of his district. It is simple job performance. Lewis has grandstanded for decades and probably enhanced his personal wealth while the district has deteriorated.
51 posted on 01/14/2017 12:18:19 PM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: miss marmelstein

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

But it’s OK for Lewis to insult Trump. As for his “civil rights” record, what’s he done lately? Trump was right to point out the abject failure of this “civil rights icon” in improving the lot of his district.


52 posted on 01/14/2017 12:19:32 PM PST by Castigar
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To: stylin19a

Arrest records were not a big deal then, the idea then was that the Army (military) would get you straightened out. Judges were actually giving people a choice of jail or military service. In many cases a hitch in the military did get people to line out and go forward to be responsible citizens.


53 posted on 01/14/2017 12:21:29 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: kevcol

I love democrat hypocrisy. A contemptible jerk like Lewis must have his entire modern life ignored but celebrated for something 50 years ago. While a republican should have their entire life defined by some unconfirmed bullying in a private school ignoring everything else in his life (Romney).

Ted Kennedy got drunk and killed a woman and face ZERO punishment and was celebrated by the dems. Infact, he loved jokes about the incident. GW Bush faces the fire and pleaded guilty for a DUI and that one event must define everything about Bush.

A long time Klan member like, Robert Byrd, will have his entire life ignored because he became a liberal democrat so all is forgiven. YET, a lifetime of achievement and success, like Trump, must have his entire life ignored because he dared become a republican.

Hitler loved animals too...


54 posted on 01/14/2017 12:22:23 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: kevcol

That was 50 years ago.... And what’s he done lately?


55 posted on 01/14/2017 12:24:02 PM PST by MHT (,`)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

That kind of information is heartbreaking.

I will look them up and send to Trump’s facebook and Twitter.

Who the #### are the strategists for republicans. You’re sharper than them.


56 posted on 01/14/2017 12:24:10 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: ealgeone

Exactly. Which was my point.


57 posted on 01/14/2017 12:24:30 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: kevcol

I was robbed at gunpoint in Mr. Lewis’ district. The GBI sketch artist that drew my the artist rendering of my assailants told me “just look through these books until you see the nose, eyes, lips, of the guys that robbed you. These books go back to Fulton County convicts in the seventies. His father, grandfather, uncle, and brothers are all in these books somewhere”.

There were thousands upon thousands of mugshots in each book. There were thousands upon thousands of books stacked against the wall.


58 posted on 01/14/2017 12:28:43 PM PST by The Toll
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To: kevcol

Trump vs the civil rights mafia. He certainly has no fear.

My first vote was for Gorge Bush Sr. I didn’t like the guy much, but he was better than Clinton. Every vote since has been eh, our guys sucks but the Dem is worse. This is the first election that I was quite enthusiastic about my candidate and my enthusiasm has only grown since he won.


59 posted on 01/14/2017 12:29:24 PM PST by RedWulf (TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!)
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To: miss marmelstein

And he is not a “white devil.”


60 posted on 01/14/2017 12:29:57 PM PST by Bogie
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