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wishstar

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Sat Jan 14, 2017, 03:56 PM Jan 2017

Dems Defend Rep. Lewis as Hero After Trump Slams Civil Rights Icon as No Action

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dems-defend-rep-lewis-hero-after-trump-slams-civil-rights-n706921

"Several Democrats rallied behind Rep. John Lewis on Saturday as an "American hero" and revered civil rights champion after Donald Trump slammed him as "all talk, talk, talk" ahead of the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Republicans stayed mostly silent amid the back and forth — the latest to highlight Trump's willingness to take on anyone, from war heroes to celebrities, whom he believes slighted him. But challenging Lewis, a top leader of the 1963 March on Washington, could end up pushing more Democrats to skip Friday's presidential inauguration in protest."

Above link to nbc article has numerous tweets by Pelosi and other Dems
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Dems Defend Rep. Lewis as Hero After Trump Slams Civil Rights Icon as No Action (Original Post) wishstar Jan 2017 OP
Congressman John Lewis is a national treasure Gothmog Jan 2017 #1
The responses posted at the link are heartening. n/t blaze Jan 2017 #2
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