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At least 19 Democratic members of Congress have announced that they will not attend Donald Trump's inauguration. While some made their decision in earlier weeks, several have come forward Sunday, citing the president-elect's insult of Rep. John Lewis as the final straw.
One side-effect of Rep. John Lewis' heated and very public spate with President-elect Donald Trump: ballooning interest in books written by the civil rights icon. The Georgia Democrat's memoir, "Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement," was sold out on Amazon and was the site's No.
After 10 weeks, dozens of tweets and one rollicking news conference, Donald Trump's transition into the White House has left little doubt that the man Americans elected in November is the president they'll get. The immense responsibilities of the office and the daunting decisions that await Trump when he takes office Friday have not appeared to change the confrontational, divisive Republican.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan is joining those who say they will not attend Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The Wisconsin Democrat says he had initially planned to attend the inauguration, but changed his mind after reading the classified document on Russian hacking, seeing how Trump handled conflicts of interest and seeing Trump's recent tweets about U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
On Saturday, Trump took to social media to go on a rant about the civil rights legend, reports People . In a sequence of tweets, the President-elect made remarks that demeaned Rep. Lewis' legacy.
It began when Rep. John Lewis announced that he would not attend the inaugural of Donald J. Trump because he did not consider him a legitimate president. Lewis, sometimes called "the conscience of Congress," emerged to prominence as a very young man in 1963-66 as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - of which he had been one of the founders.
In this Jan. 11, 2017 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at the confirmation hearing for Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
President-elect Donald Trump began a long holiday weekend that honors slain black civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by attacking another rights activist and politician who had said he does not see Trump as a "legitimate president." U.S. Representative John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, said on a segment of "Meet the Press" released by NBC on Jan. 13 he thought hacking by Russians had helped Trump, a Republican, get elected in November.
There is no denying the impact John Lewis had on the civil rights movement. As one of the people who took part in the Selma to Montgomery marches, Lewis was the victim of a beating at the hands of the Alabama State Police on March 7, 1965, also known as 'Bloody Sunday.'
It began when Rep. John Lewis announced that he would not attend the inaugural of Donald J. Trump because he did not consider him a legitimate president. Lewis, sometimes called "the conscience of Congress," emerged to prominence as a very young man in 1963-66 as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - of which he had been one of the founders.
In this Jan. 11, 2017 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at the confirmation hearing for Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Yesterday, Representative John Lewis said that he doesn't regard Donald Trump as a "legitimate" president, causing the President-elect to insult him back by suggesting he do something to help the people who elected him. As a whole slew of people already pointed out , Lewis has been a public advocate and servant for decades.
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Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 11 at the confirmation hearing for Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture in observance of Martin Luther King Day - following a Twitter storm slamming civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, who said that the Republican was not a "legitimate president." NEW: Donald Trump expected to visit National African American Museum in observance of Martin Luther King Day, transition sources tell @ABC .
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., poses for a photograph under a quote of his that is displayed in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey President-elect Donald Trump began his Saturday morning by attacking Georgia Rep. John Lewis on Twitter , calling the famed civil rights icon "all talk, no action" and saying his predominantly black district in Atlanta is "crime infested" and "falling apart."
Thousands of US civil rights activists have kicked off a week of protests ahead of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration with a march in Washington, DC, vowing to keep fighting for equality and justice under the upcoming administration. Chanting "no justice, no peace", protesters headed by the Reverend Al Sharpton marched on Saturday along the National Mall toward the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial, about three kilometres from the steps of the US Capitol, where Trump will be sworn in as president on Friday.
President-elect Donald Trump returned fire on a top Democrat who said he was not a "legitimate president," The Hill reports. Said Trump: "Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart rather than falsely complaining about the election results.
In this Jan. 11, 2017 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at the confirmation hearing for Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results.