John Lewis: "I met Hillary and I met Bill Clinton, I never saw Bernie Sanders"

[leftofcool]

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/02/john-lewis-bernie-sanders-civil-rights

Smack Down!

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Totally!

That has GOT to "bern"!

[napi21]

2. Isn't John Lewis a Representative in Congress? Bernie wss in the Congress

for 16 years. How is it possible that they never met in all that time?

[leftofcool]

3. Try reading the article!

[FloridaBlues]

4. There goes Rep John Lewis under the bus

[Tommy2Tone]

5. I love John Lewis

Typical of Bernie. Curious how his attack dogs will react to him?

[misterhighwasted]

6. Uh oh..

Lewis makes it public, just in case an "endorsement" suddenly surfaces.

John Lewis, a most respected man

[john978]

7. Read the article -- Lewis was in SNCC and Sanders was in CORE

different racial equality groups back.

[Cha]

19. So? this is about what John Lewis said.. we're here to support him in our Group.

We don't need you to tell us to "read the article".

[Cha]

8. Thank you, Rep John Lewis! Finally!

Hey leftofcool.. mahalo

[dragonfly301]

9. Well I'm confused

Wasn't Hillary a registered Republican until 1968, worked for Goldwater in 1964, gave a commencement speech from Wellesley in 1969 where she criticized Senator Ed Brooks?

She graduated from high school in 1964. So in the summer of 1963, before her senior year of high school she attended the March on Washington and met John Lewis? Why have I not heard of this before? White, Republican high school girl from Illinois goes to the March on Washington - meets John Lewis - sounds like a photo op.

[yallerdawg]

10. You're commenting in the Hillary Clinton Group.

You definitely are confused!

[dragonfly301]

11. sorry - relatively new

got here by reading the latest threads. Still wondering how they met though...

[William769]

13. Your dishonesty is really showing. nt

[CajunBlazer]

15. I think we just found one of the alert lurkers

who couldn't keep from reveling himself. Could someone show him the door?

[Cha]

18. he's out the door.

[CajunBlazer]

22. Thank you Cha - have another heart

I noticed he was low on posts - probably started up another DU account recently to hid under the radar.

[Cha]

23. Mahalo~Backatcha

[72DejaVu]

16. Perhaps a closer observation of information

Would not only lead you to fewer such missteps, but also cause you to reconsider some of your views.

[Cha]

12. Yes, you are confused. You could stop making up stories and read the article. That should

help you out.

[Hekate]

26. In 1968 she was working for Sen. Gene McCarthy, an anti war candidate, just as I was. In 1968....

....you had to be 21 years old to vote at all, and she had just turned 21, as I had.

So "until 1968" she had NO opportunity to be a registered anything. In the previous Presidential election cycle, SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. When she went to college her view expanded considerably, she became a Democrat, and has been a Democrat ever since.

Bernie, otoh, felt nauseated at JFK's speeches (there is an old newspaper article posted elsewhere here), was disgusted by the Democratic Party, and while he caucused with the Dems in the Senate, refused to be anything other than a gadfly to the Party until about 15 minutes ago.

[William769]

14. Kick & recommended.

[CajunBlazer]

17. Just saw a clip of Mr. Lewis saying these words on CNN - Very powerful!

From the article:

When a reporter asked Lewis to comment on Sanders' involvement in the movement—Sanders as a college student at the University of Chicago was active in civil rights work—the congressman brusquely interrupted him. "Well, to be very frank, I'm going to cut you off, but I never saw him, I never met him," Lewis said. "I'm a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved in the sit-ins, the freedom rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery, and directed their voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President Clinton."

[Cha]

20. He sounds a little pissed off and I don't blame him.

[CajunBlazer]

21. On the clip he certainly didn't sound happy

[misterhighwasted]

25. He should be. After sitting next to Issa & dealing with Gowdy he will call a scam "a scam".

He knows damn well the code words & pandering & lies of those who defend the racist haters & frauds & he will defend AA rights til his last dying breath.
This great hero has seen & heard it all & knows where such hate speak got its origins.

They show who they truly represent when they go after him.
They expose themselves before us all.

[pandr32]

24. Sanders will get around to trying to convince people like John Lewis

...after he deals with what is really important to him right now...stealing Hillary's momentum in Nevada. A quick as a flash trip to South Carolina with his usual stump speech lines and his shaming followers ought to be enough to convince African Americans there that he knows what will serve them best (sarcasm...well, sort of!)

[Gothmog]

27. I trust John Lewis on this issue

[riversedge]

28. The civil rights icon blasted Sanders’ role in the movement Thursday before going to South Carolina

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Darren Sands ?@darrensands 3h3 hours ago

John Lewis took the gloves off today as it relates to Sanders' in the movement: "I never saw him. I never met him." http://www.buzzfeed.com/darrensands/john-lewis-on-sanders-involvement-in-civil-rights-movement-i#.llEaJLWE3 …


John Lewis On Sanders’ Involvement In Civil Rights Movement: “I Never Saw Him”




The civil rights icon blasted Sanders’ role in the movement Thursday before going to South Carolina to stump for Hillary Clinton.


posted on Feb. 11, 2016, at 12:07 p.m.



Darren Sands

BuzzFeed News Reporter


Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images

WASHINGTON — Defending Hillary Clinton Thursday, Rep. John Lewis downplayed Bernie Sanders’ history as a participant in the civil rights movement, saying he never saw or met Bernie Sanders.

Lewis was among the members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) who appeared at the Democratic National Committee Thursday, where the CBC’s political action committee formally announced their endorsement of Clinton in the Democratic primary.

A reporter, noting Sanders’ involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, asked Lewis, about Sanders’ record in the civil rights movement.

Sanders has made his history as a participant in the March on Washington and as a student organizer in SNCC a part of his campaign.