Washington sources have stated that US President elect Donald Trump harshly responded to civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis, calling him “all talk no action” after Lewis said Trump was not a “legitimate” President and the “Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart rather than falsely complaining about the election results.
Meanwhile Trump has made the remarks after Lewis has told in an interview that the Republican would take office as an illegitimate President, citing the US intelligence community’s allegations that Russia interfered in the election to harm his Democratic Party rival, Hillary Clinton.
The 76 year old Lewis who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech said he would not attend the presidential inauguration for the first time in his 30 years in Congress. Cornell William Brooks, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said Trump’s remarks were disrespectful and called on him to apologize.
Meanwhile, Democratic members of Congress, highlighting Lewis’ contributions to the civil rights movement, swiftly condemned Trump. Lewis is one of an increasing number of Democratic lawmakers who are boycotting Trump’s inauguration after learning more about Russia’s role in the 2016 election.
