John Lewis starts a fight and then fund raises as the victim

Flopping Aces ^ | 01-16-17 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

This is John Lewis. Because of something he did a very long time ago, he's better than you. He is above common courtesy and civility. He can insult you. He could poison puppies. He could even kill you. And you are not allowed to dare question any of it. Well, over the weekend he picked a fight with Donald Trump. Trump had the temerity to respond and now Lewis wallows in victimhood.

Lewis did something admirable fifty years ago and has been living off of it ever since. Lewis uses it as a shield when he picks fights. He uses it as a shield when he hurls insults. He retreats to it after he throws stones.

Thing is, this was about one thing- money.

John Lewis cast the first stone when he called Trump's Presidency illegitimate.

Democratic Rep. John Lewis (Ga.) said in an interview that he does not consider President-elect Donald Trump to be a legitimate president.

In a preview clip of an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd set to air Sunday on “Meet the Press,” Lewis said his view on Trump’s presidency is attributed to Russian meddling in the presidential election, which he called a “conspiracy.”

When Todd asked Lewis if he planned to try work with Trump to pass legislation, Lewis said he believes in forgiveness but that Trump is not legitimate.

“It’s going to be very difficult,” Lewis said. “I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president.”

Todd asked Lewis to explain his position.

“I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected, and they have destroyed the candidacy of Hillary Clinton,” Lewis said.

He offered not a "smidgen" of evidence for this assertion, of course, but let's be clear. He started it. Trump being Trump, he fired back:

Trump's responding set off a flurry of harrumphs and what I want to point out is the manner in which they are characterized:

Policy.Mic

Donald Trump just attacked civil rights hero John Lewis on Twitter

And there's lots more

Trump blasts civil rights icon John Lewis in Twitter attack

Trump Attacks Rep. Lewis, Who Said He Wasn’t ‘Legitimate President’

Disappointingly, Michael Steele jumped on Trump:

“John Lewis has a walk that very few people in this country – least of all Donald Trump – have ever walked. So you have to respect that and pay attention to that in a real sense," he added.

True, but few remember that Donald Trump was the recipient of the Ellis Island Award and he was in some pretty good company:

Lewis's history doesn't give him the right to unfairly assault a President-elect. Trump broke no laws. He did not cheat. And Trump did not start this fight. He was attacked by Lewis. Fighting back seems to be out of order for Republicans. But let's get to the motivations of the attack.

1. Delegitimize Trump and 2. Money.

Seemingly within seconds, democrats were fund raising off the incident, complete with the race card:

Democrats are fundraising off of comments made by President-elect Donald Trump attacking Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.).

[SkyDancer]

Typical liberal hypocrite.

[vetvetdoug]

Race of professional victims.

[al baby]

I always thought Rosa was kinda a cute ol lady

[chris37]

I was listening to the Kuhner Report show today when I heard Kuhner’s female sidekick, Brittney, say Trump needs to stop picking fights with people on twitter.

This is how people like Lewis get away with playing the victim after they threw the first punch, because people like Brittney are so ****in’ stupid that they cannot follow who started what.

To Hell with Jon Lewis. Dude is a pointless, useless, stupid jerk.

And grow a brain, Brittney.

[MayflowerMadam]

A former Black Panther was just on Tucker Carlson and he eviscerated John Lewis. Watch the clip if you can. He said that no black person should be a Democrat.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Always follow the money.

[onona]

She’s young, and still learning.

[onona]

Ok MFM, that clip should be postworthy ! I’ll look around

[ifinnegan]

Smart guy.

[Tax-chick]

Sharp guy.

[Tax-chick]

He knows his constituency.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This is what Ann Coulter talked about - remember the 9/11 widows who started attacking Bush in 2004? When called upon it, they immediately clung to their status as 9/11 widows and whined that you couldn't attack them.

Trump, IMO didn't go far enough in his tweets. He should have called Lewis a leftist hack for the Democrats who is using his past as a shield against criticism of him.

[TigersEye]

Pretending to be a victim is the basis of being a liberal. The foundation of it.

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[MayflowerMadam]

I would expect it’ll be on Tucker’s site soon. It’s “must see TV”. If not, it looks like the show re-runs again tonight at midnight.

Any Democrat who sees it, black or otherwise (not many, I’m sure, since it’s on Fox,) will seriously be considering if some life changes might be in order.

[Tax-chick]

I’m pretty sure it’s now Rightist dogma that President Bush was to blame for 9/11. The widow-ladies were just ahead of the curve.

[workerbee]

He should have called Lewis a leftist hack for the Democrats who is using his past as a shield against criticism of him.

I like to think he was being kind to the elderly.

[MayflowerMadam]

This is the link to Tucker’s interview. Maybe you’d like to start a thread. I would, but never have and am not sure how.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5284504269001/?playlist_id=5198073478001#sp=show-clips

[Ouderkirk]

John Lewis is nothing more than a race hustling poverty pimp.

His whole claim to fame was getting the shit kicked out of him by some other democRAT. How much intelligence is there in that? Zero by my estimation.

[TnTnTn]

The black race agitators and white co conspirators keep their power and money by keeping the blacks poverty stricken as government wards.