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| 'Rep. John Lewis Unhinged: Reminds Voters Of ‘Bloody Sunday' At Stacey Abrams Rally |
| 2018-11-04 |
| [Huffpoo] Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on Friday recalled the day known as "Bloody Sunday" ― when he and several hundred others marched the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama in 1965 ― while campaigning for Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia. "I gave a little blood on that bridge in Selma, 53 years ago," Lewis told the crowd at a rally. "I almost died. Some of my friends and colleagues were murdered in Mississippi and other places." The congressman and voting rights activist was 25 years old when he had his head fractured by law enforcement officers while peacefully marching along the bridge over the Alabama River to Montgomery in March 7, 1965. The march intended to call attention to black disenfranchisement in the South and followed the slaying of activist Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was shot by a state trooper during a peaceful civil rights protest. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 You know that the "walk away" movement must really be starting to bite when Lewis & his ilk dial the race-baiting and fearmongering up to 11. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2018-11-04 12:44 |
| #4 How much longer are we going to let blacks ride the racism pony to the ATM of white guilt? When everything is racist, nothing is racist. Wake up libtards, you are being played like a kazoo. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-11-04 10:57 |
| #3 That was 53 years ago. The world has changed. He needs to retire. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-11-04 06:16 |
| #2 Lewis is invoking images of the civil rights marchs in Selma in 1965. If Lewis had his head cracked in the old South during this march, it was most likely by a Southern Democrat--maybe by a Klan member. Maybe even a grand dragon like Senator Robert Byrd; Hillary's mentor in the Senate. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-11-04 00:48 |
| #1 ...and he's been milking that 'peaceful march' ever since, for every molecule it's worth. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-11-04 00:30 |