Posted on 01/17/2017 2:25:25 PM PST by SMGFan
Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader who says he doesn't see Donald Trump as a "legitimate president," should be grateful for all that Republican presidents have done for black people, GOP Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday. LePage, who's white, said on WVOM-FM that the black Democratic Georgia congressman needs a history lesson. "We're sick of the silver-tongued people. How about John Lewis last week? Criticizing the president?" LePage said. "You know, I will just say this: John Lewis ought to look at history. It was Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves. It was Rutherford B. Hayes and Ulysses S. Grant that fought against Jim Crow laws. A simple thank you would suffice."
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Excellent find.
A Republican actually fighting back. Take note, Ben Sasse, Justin Amash, etc.
Yes, the headline changed after posting.
Le Page is one Excellent New Englander...we only have about 4!
Maybe there’s hope for the GOP in New England yet. Nice to see someone call out the lie that the modern Republican Party is the successor of the old Dem Party. The Dem party has always been and continues to be the party of slavery, segregation, anti-civil rights, and pro judging people on the color of their skin and not the content of their character.
What is amazing is that a former Black Panther was on TV utterly destroying the actions of not only Lewis, but the entire BLACK CAUCUS (he called them communist), and stated that by joining the Democratic Party, they had submitted to their oppressors.
He was on a big tirade for the sad state of affairs, the break up of the family, and all the other Dem policies that have kept the blacks on the plantation.
He looked to be about 60 years old.
It seems testicles are finally in bloom in DC.
The Ass. Press might want to fact check its BS article. Grant pushed for the Fifteenth Amendment and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Reconstruction ended when the democrat Congress refused to fund it under Hayes, who was wounded five times in the Civil War.
Reporters and editors have absolutely no shame. They’ll lie about anything. At this point, if a reporter tells me he’s alive, I’m ready to start CPR.
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