Tag: John Lewis

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) told reporters Wednesday there “cannot be any peace in America” until border agents cease the separation of immigrant families.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative John Lewis (D-GA) remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He stated there has been progress made in the past 50 years, “But there are new forces trying to take us back, trying to turn back

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) explained why he boycotted President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Co-host Joy Behar, asked, “Now, you boycotted the inauguration, I remember this. You didn’t go to that, and you skipped a civil rights

On Friday’s “MSNBC Live,” Representative John Lewis (D-GA) argued that racism must be in President Trump’s DNA and said he doesn’t plan to attend the State of the Union due to President Trump’s rhetoric. Lewis said, “I think the words

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” non-voting House Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) responded to Representative John Lewis’ (D-GA) refusal to attend the opening of a civil rights museum that President Trump plans to attend by stating the last thing

A civil rights museum is opening in Mississippi this weekend and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) just canceled plans to attend because the President will be there, a move that the White House called “unfortunate.”

In this week’s Democratic address, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) decried gun violence, calling it a “daily epidemic.” Transcript as follows: Hello. I’m Congressman John Lewis, and I represent the 5th District of Georgia. On Monday, our nation woke up to

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) stated that while he believes in the Second Amendment, he doesn’t believe his push for stricter gun control laws has anything to do with the Constitution. After playing a clip

Thursday at the Congressional Black Caucus Town Hall on Civil Rights, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) said the election of President Donald Trump emboldened racists to “to put on those hoods, put on those sheets.” Lewis said, “When we had this

During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of CNN’s “Axe Files,” Representative John Lewis (D-GA) stated that he believes the 2016 presidential election was rigged in Republican nominee Donald Trump’s favor. CNN Senior Political Commentator and Director of the University

During a preview clip of an interview set to air on Friday’s edition of CNN’s “Axe Files,” Representative John Lewis (D-GA) argued President Trump is “uncaring,” and defended his comparison between Trump and George Wallace. Interviewer David Axelrod asked Lewis

Hillary Clinton supporter and Georgia Democratic Rep. John Lewis instructed students to “get in the way” and stir up “necessary trouble” while giving a commencement speech on Saturday.

A group of House Democrats introduced a resolution Monday that slams President Trump and calls him out for “fake news” and false statements.

President Barack Obama assured Americans that the United States would survive a president Donald Trump, despite the hysteria promulgated by Hollywood and the liberal elites.

Tuesday, Fox News Channel played a preview clip of a “Fox & Friends” interview with Ainsley Earhardt in which President-elect Donald Trump addressed the controversy over Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) saying Trump was not legitimately elected and refusing to go

At last count, over 50 Democrats have announced they will be skipping President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, January 20.

Black Panther-turned conservative author and activist Mason Weaver says after taking a beating for civil rights, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) joined his “oppressors” in the Democratic Party and has since assisted in the “destruction of black America.”

Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak was a Breitbart News Daily guest on Tuesday to talk about his new book, How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution.

President-elect Donald Trump continued his feud with Democratic Congressman John Lewis after the civil rights legend said he does not believe Trump is a “legitimate president” and that this is the first inauguration he will not attend.

During an interview broadcast on MSNBC’s “The Obama Years with Brian Williams” on Monday, Representative John Lewis (D-GA) said no one since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had inspired him “the way that Barack Obama inspired me.” Lewis said, “No

On Monday’s “MTP Daily,” Rev. Al Sharpton stated that there was “no question” that the process that elected President-Elect Donald Trump “was not legitimate.” Sharpton said, “I think that there’s no question that the process that elected him was not

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer argued Representative John Lewis’ (D-GA) statement about President-Elect Donald Trump not being legitimate is “a sign of the, sort of loosening of the threads of our sort

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated, “all of this discord that we see going on between congressmen not attending, people basically saying he’s [President-Elect Donald Trump] not legitimate, basically then the Russians have accomplished

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Rep. John Lewis’s comments about President-elect Donald Trump were “uncalled for.”

“Today, Donald Trump attacked me on Twitter. He said that I’m ‘all talk’ and ‘no action,'” reads a DNC fundraising email sent Saturday. “I’ve been beaten bloody, tear-gassed, fighting for what’s right for America. I’ve marched at Selma with Dr. King. Sometimes that’s what it takes to move our country in the right direction.”

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sarah Isgur Flores, a spokewoman for Attorney General designee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), criticized Democrats that decried the legitimacy of President Barack Obama’s presidency, but are now engaging in the same thing with

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” in commenting on Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) saying, “I don’t see the president-elect as a legitimate president,” and the controversy over President-elect Trump’s tweets criticizing Lewis, Sen. Rand Paul said (R-KY) Lewis is not

After causing controversy in a clip released Friday of the pre-taped interview by saying “I don’t see the president-elect as a legitimate president,” Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) said it would be “almost impossible” for

Outgoing White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough declined to call President-elect Donald Trump “legitimate” when questioned by CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union on Sunday morning.

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) is a civil rights hero. He is also one of the most partisan members of the Democratic Party, and frequently accuses his political opponents, falsely, of racism.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), who represents Hollywood and the West Side of Los Angeles, has announced that he will boycott the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday.

North Carolina NAACP President Rev. William Barber weighed in on the brewing feud between Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and President-elect Donald Trump after Lewis said Trump was not a “legitimate president” and Trump fired back with criticisms of Lewis for his

Reacting to Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) saying Donald Trump is not a legitimate president, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) suggested Saturday on MSNBC’s “AM Joy” that there may be “mounting evidence” that the president-elect is indeed not a

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to Representative John Lewis (D-GA) saying that President-Elect Donald Trump isn’t “legitimate” by asking, “Whatever happened to when we — they go low, we go high?” Brooks said, “Whatever happened to

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that Democratic Georgia Rep. John Lewis should pay more attention to the crime plaguing his district than bellyache over the election results.