Georgia lawmaker demoted after slandering John Lewis
A Georgia state representative lost his committee chairmanship after he denigrated the late John Lewis on a radio show, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Tommy Benton, 70, incorrectly said that Lewis hadn’t done anything since he was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965.
“I have never read of a significant piece of legislation that was passed with his name on it,” Benton said, according to the AJC. “John Lewis, his only claim to fame was he got conked on the head at the Pettus Bridge. And he has milked that for 50 years.”
Georgia’s house speaker, fellow Republican David Ralston, said he had no choice but to demote Benton from the House Retirement Committee.
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Time to retire his ass.
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