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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.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. President-elect Donald Trump fired back at Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., - and his congressional district - on Twitter Saturday morning, writing Lewis should focus on "fixing" his district rather than questioning his presidency.
President-elect Donald Trump early Saturday morning slammed a Georgia lawmaker's statements about the legitimacy of his election, saying he should focus his attention to the problems going on in his own district. In a pair of tweets addressed to Democratic Rep. John Lewis, 76, a civil rights leader who has represented Georgia's fifth Congressional district since 1987, Trump wrote: 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.
Rep. John Lewis did not mince words on how he felt about President-elect Trump with MSNBC's Chuck Todd. On Meet The Press Daily, Lewis sat down with Todd to say, among other things, that he believes in forgiveness and trying to work with people, but he will find it difficult to work with Trump because he doesn't see him as a legitimate president.