Georgia Congressman, civil rights icon John Lewis endorses Joe Biden

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Georgia Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis endorses former VP Joe Biden, calling him “a friend, a man of courage, a man of conscience.”

Lewis, 79, who has served in the House of Representatives since 1987, announced on Sunday he is fighting stage 4 pancreatic cancer., calling the Democratic front-runner a “a friend, a man of courage, a man of conscience,” and promising to do whatever he can to support his candidacy.

One of the nation’s most influential voices on civil rights, Lewis was a close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and walked alongside the civil rights leader in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965, when he was badly beaten by police while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge."I know hatred when I see it. I have felt it. I've stared down the deepest and darkest forces in this nation.

“I think Vice President Biden should look around. It would be good to have a woman of color. It would be good to have a woman. It would be good to have a woman who looks like the rest of America,” Lewis said. Addressing Biden’s relative lack of support among younger African-Americans, Lewis urged those same young voters to turn out, referencing his own past with the civil rights movement and arguing that people died for the right to vote, calling it “the most powerful non-violent instrument or tool that we have in a democratic society.”

 

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Omg America I just listen President Ronald Reagan 1980 conversions speech is emotional god bless him

This is the establishment flexing. It ain't over 😉🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

LOL

Thank you, John Lewis.

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Yeah totally.

Maybe for his support of the white power structure, repjohnlewis can negotiate a living minimum wage for the people of Georgia. Lewis is a disgrace.

JoeBiden is responsible for the destruction of the BlackFamily! Mass incarceration resulted in the increase of single parent households! This policy increased the poverty rate of Blackwomen! The BlackVote should be withheld from the DNC! Blackmen repjohnlewis BlackExodus

He’s no icon! Is he aware of the allegations against his choice, he stuck 3 fingers in a woman’s vagina! He likes little boys rubbing his hairy legs! He’s a sick demented man!

Forgot the ‘88 Primary when Joe Biden was caught plagiarizing? The confirmation hearing when he verbally attacked Anita Hill? Pro-Iraq war vote? Inappropriate touching & assault accusations? Cognitive decline? Hunter’s corrupt payday from Burisma?

This is disgusting. Rushing out an endorsement before the polls open on a day when people should be staying inside. Joe Biden has lost any hope to get young people and independents in November.

You forgot a rapist

John Lewis supports the industrial prison complex and the murdering of so many black males in our society. Has he ever spoken out agains't it?

Get this, John Lewis said Joe will inspire generations to come LOL Joe is polling at 9% with the 18-27 voting demographic. John Lewis should of retired 30 years ago

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He’s establishment. Definitely won’t move the needle for me. It’s sad to see a great man waste his integrity on endorsing a rapist.

nope. still wont vote for Biden. sorry. Bernie2020.

Lol they are both a joke

John is a good man. Biden however is a disaster. Dems have no choice but to endorse this man in desperate need of retirement.

What a joke! Swamp creatures stick together.

Typical, color over qualification.

Blah blah blah!!🙄

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I'm stunned!

bluemaga manufacturing consent again. Go back to sleep america. Your government is in charge. Everything is fine. Go back to sleep. Here's 18 hrs of american gladiators

ABC is a Joke news Network.

The world has turned upside down. A great civil rights leader endorsing a segregationist. Wow, what has the world come to?

That should just about seal his loss.

AND...... Cue the John Lewis hate delivered to you by the Bernie Bros....

Congressman John Lewis and his icon days are a long time ago. What has he done lately?

How is this news? If he had endorsed Trump, that would be news.

LMAO...2 peas in a pod. Enjoy this ignorance (bliss).

Hello

1) Bull. 2) Shit.

John Lewis is a true legend🙏🙏🙏

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He did have a great Super Thursday! Is he in New Vermont today?

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