“I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president,” Lewis told Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected and they have destroyed the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.”
Lewis added that he believes there was a conspiracy “on the part of the Russians and others” to help Trump get elected.
“That’s not right, that’s not fair, that’s not the open democratic process,” he said. [snip]
“You cannot be at home with something that you feel is wrong,” Lewis said.Since nothing (except national security briefings) passes Rump's focused gaze, he was quick to the Twitter machine:
Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to......— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
Stand aside for the blowback!
On this Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, let it be clear that John Lewis is an American patriot. Trump's attacks on him further confirm it. pic.twitter.com/WavPT36Atu— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) January 14, 2017
When John Lewis was getting his head bashed in on the Edmund Pettus Bridge Donald Trump was avoiding Vietnam with one of his four deferments— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 14, 2017
Maybe if John Lewis spoke Russian, he'd get some respect from Trump?— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) January 14, 2017
No need to equivocate: yes, it's racist for Trump to think that because Lewis is black, he represents a district that's "crime infested."— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) January 14, 2017
Trump has never taken a shot at Putin or Assad half as hard as the slam he dished out to John Lewis.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 14, 2017
Lewis is about the worst contrast with Trump imaginable given his deep moral character and his record of remarkable physical courage— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) January 14, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump says #CivilRights hero @repjohnlewis is "all talk". While Trump was dodging the draft, Lewis was leading the #Selma March. pic.twitter.com/RSjbQIzDgG— VoteVets (@votevets) January 14, 2017
