Georgia Congressman John Lewis has died. He was a Civil Rights icon, Freedom Rider, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, and more. Bloodied and beaten during the freedom rides, he won a seat in Congress in 1987 and stayed. Lewis was a partisan Democrat. He hated Donald Trump and was openly contemputous of Trump. Years ago, John Lewis recorded a radio spot for a candidate running for Chairman of the Fulton County Commission in Atlanta that claimed Republicans running the Fulton County Commission would be as bad as the dogs in the street and hoses of the white supremacists in the Civil Rights era. He ended the spot telling black voters their “very lives” depended on this voting for John Eaves for Fulton County Commission Chairman.
A very good thing about John Lewis is that he stood up to fight against the undeniable racial injustice that dominated the southern US in the 1960's. Regardless of his political bias, he deserves enormous credit for that. It is a tragedy that the BLM movement today is more concerned with promoting Marxist Social Justice than it is in continuing the efforts of MLK and Lewis to fight for justice using peaceful non-violent protests instead of looting and rioting and abusing police officers who have done nothing wrong.
Well said, Erick. I think the same could be said about Elijah Cummings, who passed not that long ago.
People on both sides too often forget or don't realize that political opponents are not our enemies. They're Americans, too.
A very good thing about John Lewis is that he stood up to fight against the undeniable racial injustice that dominated the southern US in the 1960's. Regardless of his political bias, he deserves enormous credit for that. It is a tragedy that the BLM movement today is more concerned with promoting Marxist Social Justice than it is in continuing the efforts of MLK and Lewis to fight for justice using peaceful non-violent protests instead of looting and rioting and abusing police officers who have done nothing wrong.
Which Republican do you think Gov Kemp is going to replace him with?
The Governor cannot appoint a member of the US House, only the US Senate.