Shaun King re: John Lewis

[SheenaR]

via @shaunking

"It's absolutely no surprise to anyone in DC that John Lewis goes hard for the Clintons. He endorsed Hillary OVER Barack until Feb 28th.
11:20 AM - 11 Feb 2016 "

It shouldn't be a surprise. The content of his message was a surprise




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[Justice]

1. He was responding to a question

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."

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

[nichomachus]

2. Yes, Lewis sabotaged Cllinton's campaign in 2008

When he saw which way the wind was blowing, he dumped her for Obama -- and that was seen as a crucial event in both campaigns. I wonder if he is trying to do penance.

[Zen Democrat]

3. He may be doing penance, but he'll lose his "venerable" status for disrespecting Bernie's activism.