Posted on 01/17/2017 6:43:48 AM PST by rktman
Mason Weaver told Tucker Carlson Monday night that Georgia Democrat John Lewis is an “illegitimate congressman.”
“He has done nothing,” the former Black Panther told Carlson on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” “John Lewis, bless his heart — it took courage to do what he did in his early life. What he has done now, he has turned himself to his enemy.”
Weaver compared Lewis to “a little girl being beaten by Daddy and joins Daddy,” and “a woman beaten by her husband who joins the husband.”
“He has joined the enemy.”
John Lewis (D-GA), Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Weaver proclaimed that if Lewis is “a real hero, you stand up tomorrow morning and you look at the people and you apologize.”
“You say you tried to work with them — the Democratic Party has always been the party of abuse, always been the party of the Klan, the party that waged war to keep slaves — the party that’s always been the destruction of black people,” he continued. “Mr. Lewis, you have presided over the destruction of black America, and you owe us an apology.”
Weaver closed by noting that though Lewis has called Trump “the illegitimate president… John Lewis is an illegitimate congressman.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
I wanted to know what Congressman John Lewis did while in Office.
According to his record found on the govtrack website:
- He is the 41st out of 432 amongst all Representatives to have missed votes. This equates to missing 7.4% votes he has missed in the 144th Congress. “From Jan 1987 to Jan 2017, Lewis missed 1,301 of 18,787 roll call votes, which is 6.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.”
- He is a member of the following committees as of the end of the 114th Congress:
House Committee on Ways and Means
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight
Member, Subcommittee on Health
Member, Subcommittee on Human Resources
- He is the 54th most liberal out of 432 Representatives.
- He sponsors bills that are in primarily in the following categories:
- Taxation 28% (further
- Health 14%
- Education 12%
- International Affairs
- Social Welfare 11%
- Families 9%
- Crime and Law Enforcement 9%
- Government Operations and Politics 5%
The following bills he primarily sponsored and were enacted during his time in Congress (note its more than Rubio):
H.R. 5067: Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Apr 26, 2016
Referred to Committee (Enacted Via Other Measures): Apr 26, 2016
Enacted via S. 2854: Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights
Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016
H.R. 4949: Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Apr 14, 2016
Referred to Committee (Enacted Via Other Measures): Apr 14, 2016
Enacted via H.R. 5946: United States Appreciation for
Olympians and Paralympians Act of 2016
H.R. 4488 (113th): Gold Medal Technical Corrections Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Apr 28, 2014
Enacted — Signed by the President: Jun 9, 2014
H.R. 4994 (111th): Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Apr 13, 2010
Enacted — Signed by the President: Dec 15, 2010
H.R. 4275 (111th): To designate the annex building under construction for the Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia, as the “John C. Godbold Federal Building”.
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Dec 10, 2009
Enacted — Signed by the President: Aug 16, 2010
H.R. 3901 (111th): Homebuyer Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Oct 22, 2009
Referred to Committee (Enacted Via Other Measures): Oct 22, 2009
Enacted via H.R. 3548 (111th): Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
H.R. 2040 (110th): Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Apr 25, 2007
Enacted — Signed by the President: Dec 2, 2008
H.R. 923 (110th): Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Feb 8, 2007
Enacted — Signed by the President: Oct 7, 2008
H.R. 3491 (108th): National Museum of African American History and Culture Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Nov 17, 2003
Enacted — Signed by the President: Dec 16, 2003
H.R. 1616 (108th): Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site Land Exchange Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Apr 3, 2003
Enacted — Signed by the President: Oct 5, 2004
H.R. 3442 (107th): National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission Act of 2001
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Dec 11, 2001
Enacted — Signed by the President: Dec 28, 2001
H.R. 613 (105th): To designate the Federal building located at 100 Alabama Street NW, in Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Sam Nunn Federal Center”.
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Feb 5, 1997
Passed House: Mar 3, 1998
H.R. 1933 (103rd): King Holiday and Service Act of 1994
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Apr 29, 1993
Enacted — Signed by the President: Aug 23, 1994
H.R. 904 (102nd): African American History Landmark Theme Study Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Feb 6, 1991
Enacted — Signed by the President: Aug 17, 1991
H.R. 690 (102nd): To authorize the National Park Service to acquire and manage the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Jan 29, 1991
Enacted — Signed by the President: Dec 11, 1991
H.R. 3834 (101st): Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Nov 21, 1989
Enacted — Signed by the President: Jul 3, 1990
H.R. 801 (101st): To designate the United States Court of Appeals Building at 56 Forsyth Street in Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Elbert P. Tuttle Court of Appeals Building”.
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Feb 2, 1989
Enacted — Signed by the President: Oct 30, 1989
H.R. 3811 (100th): A bill to designate the Federal building located at 50 Spring Street, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building”.
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis [D-GA5]
Introduced: Dec 18, 1987
Enacted — Signed by the President: Aug 10, 1988
Tucker Carlson: ...discredited because of what he's failed to do since the civil rights eraMason Weaver: He has done nothing. If... You know, John Lewis, bless his heart. You know, it took courage to do what he did, in his earlier life...
TC: yeah
MW: ...but what he's done now, he has turned himself to his enemy.
MW: Like a little girl, being beaten by daddy, and joins daddy. Like an abused woman, beaten by her husband she joins the husband. He has joined the enemy, he has joined the oppressor, and what he should do... If you're a real man, John Lewis, if you're a real, real hero, you'll stand up tomorrow morning, and you look at the people and you apologize. You have lead them to decades of hell, you know... Apologize, say you made a mistake, say that you tried to work with them, but the Democratic party has always been the party of abuse, always been the party of the clan, the party of... the war, the war to keep slaves, the party... it's always been the destruction of Black people. Mr. Lewis, you have presided over the destruction of Black America, and you owe us an apology.
MW: And as a matter of fact...
MW: You're more concerned... he's more concerned about Trump being the illegitmate president, but John Lewis is the illegitimate congressman.
Black folks know how to bless someone’s heart, too. It implies deficiency, the recipient is worthy of pity, an object of scorn but you’re not going to lower yourself to rudeness to get your point across, so... bless his heart.
That was mind-boggling to watch.
So intensely passionate and precise was Mason's Weaver's evisceration of the legacy of John Lewis for Black Americans, that Tucker Carlson was left agape with amazement, wisely refraining from interrupting.
There are leftists like this who recognize that oppressive government in general is the problem. There are even environmentalists who realize that the Democrats are liars and only use the environment as lip service to get more power and control. I encountered them when I lived in Montana, but you almost never hear about them in the press anymore. I am glad they are starting to speak out. Give me a leftist who admits abortion is murder and admits that they think it is fine to kill humans over the ones who pretend that it’s not killing, for example. At least with the honest leftists, you know where you stand and can have a logical discussion.
Bookmark
I hope that Weaver joins the Trump team, he would be invaluable speaking to the inner cities and the black churches.
bkmk
“I’ve never seen Tucker stay quiet for so long.”
I’ve noticed that when a guest is on the right track, Tucker is happy to let him talk as much as he can. I didn’t take it as Tucker wondering if he was being punked, but more that he was surprised at how blunt the words were.
I saw that interview, it was outstanding.
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So much better than that blond chick that used to be on Fox.
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