Don’t Come For John Lewis If He Didn’t Send For You
John Dingell
✔ ?@JohnDingell
No matter who you are or who you're voting for, you should honestly think twice about your choices in life if you're attacking @repjohnlewis
John Dingell
✔ ?@JohnDingell
Gotta say, attacking our sitting President AND a civil rights icon in the same day is one hell of a Democratic primary election strategy.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/12/dont-come-for-john-lewis-if-he-didnt-send-for-you/
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Those are beautiful photos, just look how young he is there.
You are the best, JAG. 
It's not certified though and no nteract detectives have been able to prove it wasn't photoshopped. 
if our youth are okay with the mistreatment of a civil rights icon like John Lewis, our community is in much bigger trouble than I ever imagined. 
older members of the black community. Look, I understand why some of the black endorsements have come about for BS. Many of his endorsements are from AA's who no longer hold public office, and have been out of the spotlight for some time. BS' campaign gives them an opportunity to reintroduce themselves, and maybe even land a job with a campaign that has struggled to connect with minority voters. I ain't mad at 'em for being opportunistic. Nina Turner lost her own election, and traveling the country for a campaign that's raking in millions from small donors, is a chance to raise her own profile. I get it.
What I am mad at, is them keeping quiet when someone like John Lewis comes under attack from BS' more exuberant "supporters". Silence is consent AFAIC. I saw some of the most vicious anti-black rhetoric I've seen in a long time, and this was reportedly from supporters of BS. Names like "race hustler" were thrown around with apparent disregard of John Lewis' biography.
in more ways than they realize.
Thanks, sheshe
Ha! 
I just read it on Reuters.
Now - who is Eastwood supporting - that's what I want to know!
One of the reasons I love you.
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
I am appalled, simply appalled that he would speak about the Civil Rights Act. 
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Congressman John Lewis, US representative of Georgia’s fifth congressional district, shares his experiences as a leader in the civil rights movement in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
On his call to the movement: “The action of Rosa Parks and the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me to join the struggle for human dignity… We were [all] inspired by what I call the spirit of history. Call it what you may, sometimes there is something that tracks a person down and it urges, ‘You must do this. If you don't act, if you don't do it, who's going to do it?’”
On his continued fight for equality: “Under the rule of the law, you cannot have equality for some and not equality for all. I fought too long and too hard against discrimination based on race and color not to fight against discrimination based on sexual orientation.”
On the legacy of civil rights activists: “They helped change America forever. The civil rights movement [ultimately] led to the women's movement, the gay rights movement and the workers’ movement. We have witnessed what I like to call a nonviolent revolution, a revolution of values and ideas.”
http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/talks-at-gs/john-lewis.html
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You tried to make his speech ugly. You lost.
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Arthur Chu
✔ ?@arthur_affect
Ok here is another thing to add to the list of what not to say when doing "outreach" to black voters
8:02 PM - 11 Feb 2016 64 64 Retweets
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http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/13/chat-on-154/
Arthur Chu
✔ ?@arthur_affect
Ok here is another thing to add to the list of what not to say when doing "outreach" to black voters
8:02 PM - 11 Feb 2016 64 64 Retweets
76 76 likes
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/13/chat-on-154/
They have no idea how their #feelthebern is affecting people.
Come for John Lewis if he Didn't Send for you.
John Dingell
✔ ?@JohnDingell
No matter who you are or who you're voting for, you should honestly think twice about your choices in life if you're attacking @repjohnlewis
3:22 PM - 11 Feb 2016
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http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/11/the-presidents-day-84/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=45919
John Dingell
✔ ?@JohnDingell
Gotta say, attacking our sitting President AND a civil rights icon in the same day is one hell of a Democratic primary election strategy.
3:49 PM - 11 Feb 2016
514 514 Retweets 479 479 likes
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/11/tweet-of-the-day-24/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=46005
Tweet from your link.. where there are many more potent tweets on John Lewis..
Imani Gandy ?@AngryBlackLady
John Lewis is deserving of respect. Show the man some goddamn respect.
1:38 PM - 11 Feb 2016
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Mahalo, she.. excellent OP on Don't Mess With John Lewis.
And, vice versa.
night. And, I'm weighed down because I don't have a comforter.. but, you know when you're cold you don't feel the weight much. lol
We've been getting this North wind from Alaska or something. 
Go to sleep.. talk manana.
Sweet dreams
So powerful. Sorta breaks your heart and then makes it whole again. Two men, John took the beatings and the abuse and carried on for your civil rights. He never faltered. He staid the course. Such a beautiful man, he helped make the way for Barack to become our first African American President. I adore both of them.
They are building the future.
No, not shown any respect, yet they do respect the future and it shows, here.
Just look at their faces 23. Our future.
