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More than 40 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump’s inauguration
Washington Post ^ | January 17 at 12:08 AM1/17/2017 | Elsie Viebeck

Posted on 01/17/2017 3:25:55 AM PST by EBH

A growing group of Democratic lawmakers will boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday as a protest of Trump’s worldview and his criticism of civil rights icon John Lewis, congressman of Georgia

There are now more than 40 House Democrats — 42, at last count — who have declared that they will not attend the inauguration on Capitol Hill this week. The number rose sharply after Trump tweeted Saturday that Lewis is “all talk, talk, talk” and should “finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities.”

Lewis, who sees Trump’s Nov. 8 win as illegitimate because of Russia’s alleged interference in the election, is best known for leading civil rights protests in the 1960s, including the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in which state troopers brutally attacked the crowd. Lewis will not attend the inauguration, he told NBC News in an interview for Sunday’s “Meet the Press.”

Here’s a list of other lawmakers who will not attend, starting alphabetically with Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), whose spokesman confirmed her decision in an email.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democratscandals; donaldtrump; inauguration; sorelosers; trump; trumpbashing; unamericanactivities
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To: eCSMaster
Trump needs to keep the heat on. Their chairs should remain empty with a large sign with an L on it for loser.

Every pan of the audience will further imprint in Americans minds the worthlessness of these Congressional miscreants.

Rub it in their faces till they bleed and scream, then double down.

The assclowns won't learn, but they will feel the pain as rabid animals before they are dispatched.

61 posted on 01/17/2017 4:36:25 AM PST by Badboo (Why it is important)
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To: EBH

Ryan, grab your balls and kick these cretins off of all committees.

Let’s see how committed these weasels are to their “principles”.

We are so sick of their double standards.

There is now no reasoning with such partisans.

They must be controlled like the little spoiled children they are.


62 posted on 01/17/2017 4:38:41 AM PST by exit82 (Making America Great Again begins with........me.)
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To: EBH

They should boycott the next four years since they are irrelevant anyway.


63 posted on 01/17/2017 4:39:46 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Red in Blue PA

American voters need a list.


64 posted on 01/17/2017 4:42:20 AM PST by Bogie
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To: EBH

Forty extra seats for American patriots.Damn good start.


65 posted on 01/17/2017 4:43:45 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Candor7

“consequyences”

A misspelling I assume but I like that better than the correct spelling!


66 posted on 01/17/2017 4:43:50 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Trump20162020
Not much of an “icon” if he can’t stand up to any scrutiny.

"John Lewis ... is best known for leading civil rights protests in the 1960s, including the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala."

And he has not done a thing to improve the "civil rights" situation since - neither for Black or the Country as a whole. He just collects his paychecks, speaking fees and applause.

"Civil Rights Icons", "Community Organizers" and the "Telephone Sanitizers" from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy are all peas in a pod. (Or a "B-Ship" as the case may be)

67 posted on 01/17/2017 4:44:43 AM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: EBH

Lewis, who sees Trump’s Nov. 8 win as oopportunist often do, will continue his bald face lie that Russia interfered in the election, for the sole puroose of fund raising and will continue to seek new manufactured issues thst harmonize the synthetic aspects of oppression by the cracker aka “Blue Eyed, White, Devil” to guilt trip him for the privelege of being white while Lewis and “His People” who carry their mark of Cain, or as the Mormons say “Laminites to the bitter, with a goal of self serving interest, demonstrated by his accumulation of wealth, while making vacuous claims of all sorts, knowing he is a man of little a accomplishments.

Lewis may be known for leading civil rights protests in the 1960s, including the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in which state troopers brutally attacked the crowd.

What is curious is that the very people who beat him and others that day or were giving orders to such were Democratic Luminaries such as Bull Connor, George Wallace, ef al.

When the bill came before the full Senate 18 southern Democratic Senators and one Republican Senator launched a filibuster to prevent its passage.

It began with Senator Russell a Democrat of Georgia: “We will resist to the bitter end any measure or any movement which would have a tendency to bring about social equality and intermingling and amalgamation of the races in our (Southern) states.”

Really? You Asshole....

Even the venerated Senator Strom Thurmond (D) South Carolina wanted in on the competition for biggest Asshole of the 20th Century: “This so-called Civil Rights Proposals, which the President has sent to Capitol Hill for enactment into law, are unconstitutional, unnecessary, unwise and extend beyond the realm of reason. This is the worst civil-rights package ever presented to the Congress and is reminiscent of the Reconstruction proposals and actions of the radical Republican Congress.”

If you aren’t just as big an Asshole as Senator Russell, you were certainly a boil on the body of humanity, who should have been lanced to prevent further infection.

But there are plenty type of Assholes around....

Even the sweet old man of West Virginia got in on the action with his filibuster and intent to insure the bill failed.

Not surprising as he was a Grand Wizard in the KKK.

I’m sure he was inspired in his speech to filibuster for 14 hours and to deny an American equal rights and equal protection u Der the law but, for him it was always about color.

He was black and and white on the issue.

Interestingly and telling ate the vote tallies by party on this issue, which was really idiotic, as there had already been a war fought over the issue of equality, a 13, 14 and 15th ammendment and even the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

Yet, here we were 100 years after the deaths of 600, 000 to settle the issue of slavery and equality arguing the very same points.

In fact, I never really know who the bigger Dicks with Ears were, at the time but, Robert Byrd makes at least the top 3 and Strom Thurmond is probably tied with him as he expressed his opposition and actively worked to deny other human beings and Americans equality with this gem of a quote:

“This so-called Civil Rights Proposals, which the President has sent to Capitol Hill for enactment into law, are unconstitutional, unnecessary, unwise and extend beyond the realm of reason. This is the worst civil-rights package ever presented to the Congress and is reminiscent of the Reconstruction proposals and actions of the radical Republican Congress.”

Only White People existed in their paleolithic world, which yearned for the days not of tolerance but, that time which made imprimatur their conceit and would have enabled them to deny another man his equal and due justice, with no distinction.

But, here is poor old John Lewis throwing with the one party who never once, as a collective, recognized and made it their duty to free men of bondage and ensure their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, equally, under the law.

John Lewis is also a klan man just under the guise of a victim, while he shamelessly and sleazily attempts to prey on the rest of us and make us feel guilty for being white.

Mr. Lewis , you are welcome for the 600,000 who died ensuring you would be free as any other man.

You are welcome for the 13, 14 and 15th ammendment and two, that’s 2 Civil Rights Acts.

Now, all of this heavily promoted and passed in large part by the party you vilify.

On any of these issues: 13th and the 14th and the 15th ammendment as well both Civil Rights Acts the Republicans overwhelmingly led on these issues.....Because it Was Right.

Republicans led by by 80+ percent in their party, while Democrats could only muster some 60% of their party to support and correct an error that should never have happened.

Seriously, what....erh, uhmmmm, whose side are you really on?

I believe the question answers itself.


68 posted on 01/17/2017 4:46:08 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: EBH

Spruces up the neighborhood for a while....


69 posted on 01/17/2017 4:54:11 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: All

They have become irrelevant and powerless...their old fallback, the MSMedia, is dying as well and no longer able to save them.....Let them rave on that men shall know them mad....


70 posted on 01/17/2017 4:55:27 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: EBH

This will come back to bite them eventually.


71 posted on 01/17/2017 4:58:35 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: wright2bear

I’m not tired of winning yet.


72 posted on 01/17/2017 5:02:54 AM PST by Celerity
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To: EBH

The Republicans/PE Trump should take this childish act for what it is and just go about their business of governing and enacting their MAGA Agenda...then watch the Dems blow more of their remaining gaskets? Maybe they’ll all then boycott Washington for good and migrate to Mogadishu or the like?


73 posted on 01/17/2017 5:03:17 AM PST by zbogwan2
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To: Fred Hayek
They give the tickets to an outfit like CAIR (unindicted coconspirators) who in turn down the line give the ticket to a jihadi bomber.


that would be fine because the tickets are for seating with the other imbeciles from the party of the imbeciles in congress.


the 40 infamous vermin

74 posted on 01/17/2017 5:03:31 AM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: EBH

No matter!

Afterwards Trump will be the President, republicans will be the majority, Obamacare on its way out the door.

Until a few days ago, no one had any idea whether Lewis would attend, or not. It was not a topic. Now, Lewis has the spotlight, the dems have an excuse, and Obama is gone.

Lewis said, “Trump is not legitimate”, what he meant was, “Trump is not Obama”.


75 posted on 01/17/2017 5:04:39 AM PST by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: EBH

Cool! More open seats for Americans!


76 posted on 01/17/2017 5:04:51 AM PST by b4me (If Jesus came to set us free, why are so many professed Believers still in chains?)
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To: EBH

They all must be real proud of their nation, now...


77 posted on 01/17/2017 5:05:50 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: EBH

It’s also up to Congress to call them on the carpet for it. The irony is, the President has the authority to appoint replacements until new ones are voted in.

I hope Trump pushes this, and I hope Congress fixes it. This isn’t something to be blown off. This is serious.


78 posted on 01/17/2017 5:08:47 AM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: EBH

Gee! I wonder how many GULLIBLE white people voted to put them into office and now find out that they are are RACIST and hate whites?


79 posted on 01/17/2017 5:11:52 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: EBH

Remember this when they whine for us to reach across the aisle.


80 posted on 01/17/2017 5:11:56 AM PST by mykroar (Congratulations President-Elect Trump)
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