Obama also spoke of his admiration for Lewis in his own career, calling Lewis both a friend and a hero.James wrote to the believers,"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing."
John Lewis -- the first of the Freedom Riders, head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, youngest speaker at the March on Washington, leader of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Member of Congress representing the people of this state and this district for 33 years, mentor to young people, including me at the time, until his final day on this Earth -- he not only embraced that responsibility, but he made it his life's work.
President Barack Obama walks alongside Rep. John Lewis, one of the original marchers, across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches in Selma, Ala., March 7, 2015. Like John the Baptist preparing the way, like those Old Testament prophets speaking truth to kings, John Lewis did not hesitate -- he kept on getting on board buses and sitting at lunch counters, got his mugshot taken again and again, marched again and again on a mission to change America.Helped organize the Freedom Summer in Mississippi when he was just 24.
The life of John Lewis was, in so many ways, exceptional. It vindicated the faith in our founding, redeemed that faith; that most American of ideas; that idea that any of us ordinary people without rank or wealth or title or fame can somehow point out the imperfections of this nation, and come together, and challenge the status quo, and decide that it is in our power to remake this country that we love until it more closely aligns with our highest ideals. What a radical ideal.
President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to Congressman and civil rights pioneer John Lewis at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 15, 2011, in Washington, D.C.He believed that in all of us, there exists the capacity for great courage, that in all of us there is a longing to do what's right, that in all of us there is a willingness to love all people, and to extend to them their God-given rights to dignity and respect. So many of us lose that sense.
I’ll pass
Nothing like politicizing a funeral. Not very classy.
Great speech president Obama
No thanks
You know Obama and the DNC are nervous when he has to use a funeral to push political talking points.
BillClinton is the PedoPresident
He is a class act. I wish he could run for President again and again and again and......... well you know. 👏🏻💕
It wasn’t a eulogy. It was a craven disgusting revolting political screed proving once again that Obama is the true “Divider in Chief”.
just saying again and again bullshit .
Eulogy my ass. This was a political scam
It reads like a campaign commercial, not an eulogy. You can keep it.
Yes, the best in giving speeches especially if with notes or teleprompter. Obama is the epitome of all talk but no deed ! Obama is the guy who i know divided this country.
Only add these things if we loose!!
Trump 2020
Read former President Barack Obama’s full “CAMPAIGN SPEECH” during Rep. John Lewis’ funeral!! Fixed it for you ABC! Clowns.
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You mean campaign speech
And.....did it happen
As a President should speak.
That was NOT a eulogy! Wake up! ObamaWorstPresidentEVER ObamaArrogantPos
No thank you
It was good trouble. I heard a commentator say that Lewis while ill wished he could do more. Obama helped him do more even in death. Voting Rights was his passion, his issue and the core of his political career. Obama sent him off in style.
deafguy55 Obama is such a thoughtful moving speaker. I think John Lewis would have been proud!
Rest In Peace. Your are hero man. And Pres. Barack Obama with Good Friend. Forever more for peace. 💐💐
Anything for a grand stand.
Pedo Bill
Worst eulogy ever and such a disgrace bringing politics into it at a funeral. Also if these assholes can attend funerals there is no reason we can’t show up to the polls in November. TRUMP2020!
No thanks.. and the left needs to stop spreading covid.
What about GWs?
Did he explain how more than 10 people were allowed to attend a funeral in the middle of a pandemic?
In the Netherlands we have voter id
*Campaign speech
Obama should be ashamed!!! He was bringing politics into this man’s funeral this was not about the election, this was not about Obama, this was not about Biden, this was not about Trump, this was about Mr. Lewis.
Pretty sad when he uses a eulogy for a guy as a time to be political...and they expect us not to think everything is political all the time?
So that’s not a funeral after all. It was the Dems campaign rally. Pathetic and desperate.
How disgraceful that Obama used Lewis' funeral as a chance to hold a DNC rally!!! I cannot imagine if Trump did that
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I got a better idea, lets vote ONLY by social security numbers on line or by phone!!! Safe, Secured, and can be made tamper proof 100%
Sounds like he is also in favor of the way voting was designed to be done, in person, at a polling place just as our ancestors have done for hundreds of years! NOMAILINVOTING
It took poor John Lewis to die for a Dem to finally start fighting Trumpist voter suppression.
I guess none of that shit was able to be done during his eight years in charge huh. Too busy selling the country out to Iran perhaps
Must be Carribean sun.
It is so weird that a democracy don't have automatic registration in an election. Here in Sweden everyone is registered to vote automatically, even prisoners.
Why is he proposing this at a funeral?
Preach on president, preach on.
Andrew_Adonis This man would make a great President. Wonder if he's got a reflection at home?
Important that the voting rights of all Americans are protected since they are essential for a thriving democracy.
Shut up....
That shouldn’t have been part a an eulogy! Some people just need to know proper respect
the hag knew he was a perv.
DiamondandSilk
protesters have guns .
no mail in voting treasonist traitor.
all this he could have done while president yet didnt. i would not really trust the person with the most deportations and drone bombings under his belt to really care about the rights of people
Obama has a gift that few possess. To uplift, fill your heart with hope, joy, peace, and more importantly feel heard and understood.
As a German I am automatically registered for voting in my country. Your US-voting-system is like a relict from the middle-age.
We call this man an idiot.
Viva Trump 💯, Latinos support you!
I know he bombed Pakistan😡, deported more people than any other President😱 .... but his speeches are making me cry in joy nevertheless.
This wasn’t an Eulogy lmao 🤣 What a joke, shameful 🤦♂️
That's a leader someone that is looking out for all Americans. Not someone who is only looking to help himself...trump
Isn’t Biden the nominee? Nothings more classy than hijacking a funeral and politicizing it. Especially considering the left is telling us not to attend funerals, weddings, etc.
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Guess he couldn't be bothered to do anything while he was in office? Oh wait.....he did try and sell America to Muslims and sent them big cash payouts. Why the hell are these people clapping? Stupidity runs deep there.
We all know the mail never gets tampered with. Lol.
Guess he couldn't be bothered to do anything while he was in office? Oh wait.....he did try and sell America to Muslims and sent them big cash payouts. Why the he'll are these people clapping? Stupidity runs deep there.
BarackObama you were the best President this Nation has ever had! 🙌🏻🙏🏻☺️👩🏻🦼🦮💙
Nothing can stop what is coming.
100%
He also referred to people who loot, set fires, and assult police as “peaceful” protesters...which of course is a lie as we all know.
Totally agree on it being a holiday
Obviously he does not know the meaning of eulogy
Politicized death. Lots of class
Yes Obamaninics. He said he was bringing democracy to Syria by arming the rebels who butchered minorities especially Christians.
Campaigning at a memorial. Classy. 🤦🏼♀️
Shit news , shit paper
Great ideas, too bad you didn’t have any of these ideas for 8 years when you could have done something about it.
Obama is still bashing USA, acting as if our Country isn't the best in the entire world. The America hater is half black & half white - talk about an opportunity to be a uniter! Instead, Barack, who was voted by millions of white people, plays as if America is racist. Sick man.
How disrespectful
How Korean prosecutors seized and searched.
Now I remember why Trump hates Obama. People like Obama more than they'll ever like Trump
Obama is a traitor!
It was suppose to be a funeral.
America's worst President Obama
Stupid
Can’t believe I voted his sorry ass into office not once, but TWICE!! 🤦🏼♀️ The blinds were finally lifted and I saw what the Democratic Party was truly about after cutting MSM and doing my own research. BarackObama is and always will be an eloquent and poised liar. 😝
Dammit 🥺
Obama is a has been as far as I am concerned. Nothing to write home about. 8 years in power and he did absolutely nothing for Africa. To me he is not my hero.
I didn’t know a eulogy was a list of political demands. I thought it was a tribute to the life of the person who died. I thought political demands were made at a political rally. I guess that what this was. 👮♂️🗽🇺🇸
Only Obama has the brazenness to use a eulogy as a political rally
my mother doesn't like you Obama, she's doesn't approve of your politics, she's voting Trump, and i am voting in Jo Jorgensen!
It’s called rigging an election!
Sounds more like a campaign speech than a eulogy. Why didn’t Obama accomplish these things? He had 8 years...
He must think it feels better than Hillary's camp pain and loves his miserably pathetic former VP.
It was so nice to have that feeling of admiration and pride once again. This - and also from Bush and Clinton (but, boy, is he full of himself) were in stark contrast to that slouch in the White House.
Smart Man !!!
VOTE
Most divisive former President ever. Is Obama the new Sharpton?
It was really cruel for TheDemocrats to make us hope... glad they've given up on that entirely. IsThatDopeBetoStillAvailable
During a funeral....a new low in the democratic party
That was just tacky BarackObama
It’s really simple. The FUTURE GENERATION MUST REGISTER AND VOTE 🗳 because your lives do depend on it. I’m old like Congressmen Lewis👴🏾My days are BEHIND ME. VOTE 🗳 for a NEW GENERATION of LEADERS for YOUR future.
At a funeral Bet My life if realDonaldTrump did this it will be widely criticized Why isn't MSM calling Obama out on his shit I'd so like too Hey BarackObama does it make you feel better to use a funeral as a political campaign I know the dead man sold his soul to politics
All for the above but the same time... he was president for 8 years. Didn’t think to do this then?
What a disgusting human being, & the hapless masses on the Left clap & bark like circus seals.
Can we do in-person voting? Good Job, 44! Why didn’t Trump propose that? Yucky Trump
If it means removing trump from the White House I’m for it 👍
In.. his ..eulogy he .. what? He’s lost all touch with reality. Way to turn a eulogy into a divisive event. Only Obama.
he...was president for eight years. it really is too bad that the best orator of this generation was a centrist democrat.
Pardon my naïveté but he was prez for 8 years. Why didn’t he do any of this?
Trump2020
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He is just awesome. I could listen to him all day every day. Just a incredible human being.
Joe Biden was conspicuously absent from Rep. John Lewis's funeral today. I wonder why.
I'm a big proponent of adding poles to places; particularly my living room.
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Wow. A campaign rally at a civil rights hero’s funeral? And that’s a big crowd!
Kinda like a euglogy
It was nothing but a political rally. Not a funeral. Sick. Tell us more about Bill Clinton and the 2 minors on orgy island instead.
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