Dozens of Gwinnett County residents spoke out at Tuesday’s Gwinnett County Commission meeting, demanding Commissioner Tommy Hunter resign after he called Congressman John Lewis a “racist pig.” GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.
Category: Gwinnett County, GA
Dems call for county commissioner in Georgia to resign after John Lewis comments
Gwinnett County Commissioner Tommy Hunter waded into controversial territory over the weekend when he wrote a Facebook post calling U.S. Rep. John Lewis — a civil rights legend already locked in a war of words with President-elect Donald Trump — a “racist pig.” The reaction to Hunter, a Republican, taking on Lewis a few days before the holiday honoring the life of counterpart Martin Luther King Jr. was varied, but swift.