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Atlanta Mayor Reed to Trump: “John Lewis an American hero. Full stop.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 1/14/17 | Leon Stafford

Posted on 01/14/2017 12:53:55 PM PST by madprof98

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed pushed back Saturday on President-elect Donald Trump’s assessment of civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis’ district.

In a series of tweets, Reed said: “John Lewis is an American hero & a national treasure. Period. Full stop.

“That PEOTUS Trump would attack Congressman Lewis on MLK Day weekend for “all talk…no action” when he bled to actually “Make America Great” is why far less than half the country supports him at the dawn of his presidency.”

Trump said Lewis’s district was “in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)” in an early Saturday tweet.

Leaders throughout the metro area voiced their opinions Saturday on the controversy, including Georgia Republicans.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 115th; atlanta; cbc; civilrights; democrats; donaldtrump; dopeydems; ga; johnlewis; kasimreed; lewis; liberals; reed; trump
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To: madprof98

I guess the Mayor of Atlanta hasn’t got the message that “white racists” are no longer trying to pacify members of the grievance industry....


21 posted on 01/14/2017 1:09:29 PM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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To: al baby

It’s what Ann Coulter wrote in her book: the Left uses people they think cannot be attacked, to attack the Right with. Sorry, but it doesn’t look like Trump is playing that game! Lewis is a scumbag. A scumbag who years ago walked with great man, MLK. Other scumbags walked with that great man, including Jackson and Sharpton. That doesn’t mean that they are anything today other than scumbags.


22 posted on 01/14/2017 1:11:05 PM PST by winner3000
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To: madprof98

Donald Trump is the President legitimately elected by the American people. Full stop.

Or not, then arm yourself.


23 posted on 01/14/2017 1:11:07 PM PST by The Toll
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To: madprof98

Dear Mayor DipShi’ite. Lewis is a great American POS. Full up your Obamahole.


24 posted on 01/14/2017 1:11:18 PM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: madprof98

Wrong, Kasim. He’s a rabid, White-hating racist, race-baiter and Communist fomenting sedition.

Donald Trump is an American hero exposing and calling out frauds like John Lewis. Full stop.


25 posted on 01/14/2017 1:11:44 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: al baby

I had to laugh the other night when a talking head on the news described Lewis as a “Civil War Veteran”.


26 posted on 01/14/2017 1:11:44 PM PST by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: x

I used to warn my jr high history students before I showed them Lewis’s pic that he had squirrel-sized eyebrows. Simply magnificent.


27 posted on 01/14/2017 1:11:44 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: madprof98
John Lewis is an American hero & a national treasure.

and an intellectually-challenged, Hard-Leftist race-monger.

28 posted on 01/14/2017 1:11:49 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: madprof98

Kasim Reed is seen as the next Obama, along with Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Anthony Brown, Hakeem Jeffries, etc.

Kasim could be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee—He’s black, young, and comes from the big Southern city (Atlanta)


29 posted on 01/14/2017 1:12:18 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: madprof98
These people want to savor and cherish 50 years of non-accomplishment. And more. The Emancipation Proclamation happened over 150 years ago. And still entire neighborhoods continue to flounder and rot. It can't be somebody else's fault forever.

John Lewis has failed to improve the situation in his district. After 30 years in the same congressional seat and district, his claim to fame needs to be more than, "Hey, it's not as bad as Chicago".

30 posted on 01/14/2017 1:13:30 PM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: madprof98

I’m tired of hearing about these “heros” (both Democrats and Republicans) who have let our country slip into decay while patting themselves on the back. Trump is right.


31 posted on 01/14/2017 1:16:54 PM PST by HarleyD
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To: al baby

It’s what Ann Coulter wrote in her book: the Left uses people they think cannot be attacked, to attack the Right with. Sorry, but it doesn’t look like Trump is playing that game! Lewis is a scumbag. A scumbag who years ago walked with great man, MLK. Other scumbags walked with that great man, including Jackson and Sharpton. That doesn’t mean that they are anything today other than scumbags.


32 posted on 01/14/2017 1:16:58 PM PST by winner3000
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The problem is that if you unpacked these districts, you would jeopardize Conservative Republicans in adjacent seats by dumping these moonbat, brainwashed and racist Communist voters into their districts (and tip them to the Dems). Look at FL for example where the legislature was forced to “fairly” help more Dems to office by increasing the number of moonbat voters. Giving the GOP a free hand to pack the nutters into a few seats gives the GOP more districts and makes them safer (instead, it handed roughly 5 House seats to the Dems).


33 posted on 01/14/2017 1:18:08 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: windsorknot

He is Oz, the Great and Powerful.


34 posted on 01/14/2017 1:18:12 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: madprof98
John Lewis is a houseboy for the Uniparty Elites.

A step-and-fetch it.

35 posted on 01/14/2017 1:18:22 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: madprof98

Kasim Reed is an idiot!

I guess that because Lewis got his head cracked in Selma, we are to respect and revere him forever.


36 posted on 01/14/2017 1:20:29 PM PST by BobNative
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Maverick68 to all Democrats: Stop ATTACKING US or we will punch you in the mouth. Full stop.


37 posted on 01/14/2017 1:21:49 PM PST by Maverick68
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To: madprof98

STFU Kasim. Full stop.


38 posted on 01/14/2017 1:23:44 PM PST by patro
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Hey A-holes: Fighting back is NOT attacking, it is simply fighting back....Now I know you Demos’ have had it easy for a looooooong time because “Conservatives” in Washington have been cucks for many years, but THOSE DAYS ARE OVER and we WILL punch you back!


39 posted on 01/14/2017 1:24:03 PM PST by Maverick68
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Heck, if Lewis wants to go down that road, we could question how legitimate a congressman he is.

I believe that the voters in his district have a really good case that he's #NotMyUSRepresentative, since we're not doing the Representative Republic thingee any more.

If his constituents who voted against him have more guns than those who voted for them - well, might makes right, dontchaknow?

40 posted on 01/14/2017 1:24:56 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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