Yea! this is the dufus that stated there were like 80 million slaves tossed over board between here and Africa, so many that the sharks are still in a holding pattern waiting for them to return. Never mind that that figure was more than the population of Africa at the time.
Lewis is not as dumb as he sounds. He has a speech impediment that is said to have resulted from being clubbed on the head during a civil rights march.
He is a cagey old pol and survivor who has outlasted many a corrupt Atlanta administration.