Tributes pour in after the death of the civil rights icon and long-serving congressman.ATLANTA -- Atlanta will lower flags to half-staff indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis, who represented the city for more than 30 years in Congress before his death, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Saturday.
“The people of Atlanta often called upon Congressman Lewis for counsel, guidance, and assistance with getting into good trouble. No matter how busy his schedule, or important his Washington duties were, he answered,” she said. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp praised the longtime Democratic congressman in a tweet that said: “Congressman John Lewis was a Civil Rights hero, freedom fighter, devoted public servant, and beloved Georgian who changed our world in a profound way. The Kemp Family is praying for his loved ones as they honor his life & mourn his passing.”
Separately, Democrats can appoint a replacement candidate to fill Lewis' slot on the November ballot since he already had won the nomination for another term, said Fuchs.
Rest in peace
INDEFINITELY?!
RIPJohn lewis the icon thank you for all the good fight
ProfJimLiew
the White House should too!
Nice guy he was. May he rest in peace.
If we did not have a Fascist regime the White House would lower flags to half staff. But Trump is racist so nothing said or done.
One less Black Supremacist racist in the world....
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