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Or to keep it anonymous, click here. How some older Americans are monetizing their #VanLife, Read Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke under the Capitol dome with the casket on a black curtain-covered stand in the centre of the room. After Trump’s election, Lewis called him an illegitimate president because of Russia’s efforts to help him win, and the congressman boycotted Trump’s 2017 inauguration as a result. “No, I won’t be going,” Trump told reporters when asked whether he planned to pay his respects to Lewis, the first Black lawmaker to lie in state in the Rotunda. How three prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts, Read Email us.
Critics see it as an excuse to push his own agenda. Thank you. As he took reporters' questions, Mr Lewis' casket had just arrived at the Capitol, where a military honour guard carried his American-flag draped casket up the white stairs and into the rotunda. Watch Oct 01 Vice President Mike Pence and former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, came as well. Oct 01 Speakers hailed his "good trouble" approach to activism and efforts to keep alive the civil rights movement. Is American civil discourse dead? The “Celebration of Life” ceremony began on Saturday, a little over a week after the 17-term congressman died at 80 years old. Several members of Congress and civil rights leaders have paid tribute to Lewis on Monday, including Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of late congressman and civil rights activist Elijah Cummings, on Fox News. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Lewis’ body was later moved to the steps on the Capitol’s east side for a public viewing. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. "It is an official, personal and very sad honour to welcome our colleague John Lewis back to the Capitol ... to acknowledge his sacred life," Ms Pelosi said. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more.
Born to sharecroppers during Jim Crow segregation, Lewis was beaten by Alabama state troopers during the civil rights movement, spoke ahead of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington and was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 2011 by the nation’s first Black president. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.
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And that’s all we want it to be.”, Jones added that “people can pay their respect in a lot of different ways. Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing. Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Lewis and Cummings were both outspoken Trump critics. WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, they passed through the grand Capitol Rotunda to pay respects to the civil rights icon. Have a tip or story idea? And I’m sure that John Lewis would be supportive of it.”. Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium.
Melania and I send our prayers to he and his family. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, like Pence a former House member, and other Cabinet members also attended. “He would probably just make it all about himself,” Estes said.
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The White House did not respond to questions about why the president did not attend. By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press, By Kevin Freking, Bill Barrow, Associated Press, By David Rising, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press, By Maria Cheng, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press. It was a solemn display of unity as congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle offered praise for longtime Georgia Rep. John Lewis. Associated Press “I think it’s better if he doesn’t attend,” said Phillip Estes, 53, an urban planner from Washington, D.C., who was among the hundreds who gathered to pay their respects to Lewis on Tuesday. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? But missing was a man whose absence spoke volumes: President Donald Trump. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. The ceremony moved to Washington D.C. on Monday in the “Conscience of the Congress” event. Trump had previously expressed a reluctance to publicly mourn Lewis because he remained angry about the congressman’s past criticisms. A spokeswoman for Lewis, who died of pancreatic cancer, brushed off any talk of politics when asked whether the Lewis family had any communication with the White House about whether Trump should attend, calling it “irrelevant.”, READ MORE: 5 takeaways from House hearing with AG Barr, “I would say that this is not a political event,” said Brenda Jones, the congressman’s longtime spokeswoman. Please check your inbox to confirm. While the chances of Trump going were always slim, there had been preliminary conversations in the West Wing about Trump potentially making a visit on Tuesday. The president delivered the news as he left the White House for a trip to North Carolina. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Associated Press writer Ashraf Khalil contributed to this report. … He has that right. While the president’s lingering grudge played a role, White House officials also are leery of sending Trump places he isn’t wanted and weren’t sure what kind of reception he would have received.
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Trump had an antagonistic relationship with Lewis. Pence, who had a personal relationship with Lewis, was seen as a safer choice. Associated Press. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts.
Oct 01 Donald Trump, who in recent weeks has stirred racial tensions, says he has no plans to visit the late Congressman John Lewis as the civil rights icon lies in state at the US Capitol. [email protected]. The first Trump-Biden debate was unruly. Trump in ‘quarantine process’ after top aide gets COVID-19, WATCH: Trump, Biden appeal to Catholics at virtual charity dinner, Democrats press ahead on partisan COVID-19 bill as talks drag, WATCH: Schumer slams GOP senators in vote to protect ACA, WATCH: House Minority Leader McCarthy slams Pelosi on COVID-19 relief, Russia’s Navalny accuses Putin of being behind his poisoning, Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to those in poverty faces trouble, Report finds flaws in Catholic Church abuse-prevention plans, Many pregnant people aren’t getting flu shots, but these bills could help. Let him to do what he wants to do. Mr Lewis is among only a handful of African-Americans who ever have lain in state in the building. U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to Air Force One prior to departing Washington on travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 14, 2020. President Donald Trump said he won’t be visit the U.S. Capitol to pay respects to civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis.
President Donald Trump did not attend the late Rep. John Lewis' funeral in Atlanta on Thursday. Oct 02 The White House did not respond to questions about why the president did not attend. The first Trump-Biden debate was unruly.
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There was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called Lewis the “conscience of the Congress”; and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who praised him as a model of courage. On July 17, Trump tweeted, “Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing. "No.". Lewis also endorsed Biden and urged young Black voters to rally behind the former vice president. Donald Trump, who in recent weeks has stirred racial tensions, says he has no plans to visit the late Congressman John Lewis as the civil rights icon lies in state at the US Capitol. But Trump’s off-the-cuff declaration Monday afternoon that he wouldn’t go caught some White House aides off guard, according to two administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose private conversations.
But for many, Trump’s absence wasn’t missed. A procession over the Edmund Pettus Bridge — the site where Lewis was beaten for protest in 1965 — in Selma, AL, began the ceremony on Saturday. "No I won't be going," the president said. “It wouldn’t have been authentic,” Stegall said. In December of that year, Lewis refused to speak at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum because Trump would be there. Trump countered by blasting Lewis’ Atlanta majority-Black district as “falling apart” and directed him to “finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S.”. While Trump did acknowledge Lewis’ death on Twitter, it took him 14 hours to do so and his message felt more perfunctory than heartfelt, especially in contrast with his effusive tribute to television personality Regis Philbin, who died last week.
Trump had long harbored resentments toward Lewis. “It’s our time to pay respect to a man who did a great deal for this country. Vice President Mike Pence, a former GOP congressman who served with Mr Lewis is expected to visit the Capitol on Monday night. All Rights Reserved.