Black lawmakers consider boycotting Trump's inauguration en masse after attack on John Lewis
Source: RawStory
TOM BOGGIONI
15 JAN 2017 AT 09:19 ET
Black lawmakers are considering staying away from Donald Trumps Friday inauguration after the president-elect attacked civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) over the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend.
According to Buzzfeed News, the Congressional Black Caucus has not discussed a full boycott and is leaving it up to individual members to decide whether they would attend, with an official statement from the group due on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
On Saturday Trump hit back at Lewis, who questioned the legitimacy of Trumps presidency in an interview with NBC, tweeting attacks at the civil rights hero, claiming the congressman is all talk, talk, talk no action or results. Sad!
According to Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), she will not attend now nor will Reps. Lewis, John Conyers (D-MI) and Lacy Clay (D-MO).
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/black-lawmakers-consider-boycotting-trumps-inauguration-en-masse-after-attack-on-john-lewis/
NBachers
(17,135 posts)Hugin
(33,189 posts)Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)He is an affront to every human on this planet. Proof of hostile aliens?
Paladin
(28,271 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Botany
(70,567 posts)For God's sake Trump "won" by cheating and by help from the Russians.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)as recently as Friday.
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)I need to take my cat to the vet, or
I need to wash my hair, or
I'm hangjng out with the Bushes, or
I don't hang out with dictator wanna-bes.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)I'm outraged they are going. They have the perfect excuse to change their mind after lewis.
Forget about what he did to her, they are legitmizing a madman, who insults all of our leaders and checks and balances.
mopinko
(70,202 posts)wouldnt it be fun to have them all insist they are coming, on the way, right around the corner, wait for us, hang on we are almost there-
meanwhile drinking, eating and laughing together at the obama's new digs.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)compsports
(91 posts)Calling the offices of Senators Warner and Kaine and Congressman Beyer to insist they skip the inauguration.
lark
(23,148 posts)I, won't watch one second of this sad travesty. Russia stealing the election and installing a stupid, childish, spoiled brat who only cares for his personal wealth and power. The sky is falling doesn't nearly get to the depths of my concerns about what he will do to us and the world.
BumRushDaShow
(129,393 posts)asking why she wasn't there than demanding Drumpf's tax returns and other assorted and sundry things that they SHOULD have demanded from him non-stop.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,393 posts)Grins
(7,227 posts)The profane, vein-popping screaming from me is a real threat to my new TV.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)How any self respecting black lawmaker could attend.
dchill
(38,521 posts)Any color. Every color! Or affiliation.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)DownriverDem
(6,231 posts)In fact, since Trump won I am in my own boycott mode. I will not look at him on tv, I will not listen to him or any of his team, cabinet members, repub Congress members on tv or radio. I only read about what is going on period. The next four years is going to be very bad. And if Trump is impeached or resigns? Pence, the radical RWNJ religious repub, will be way worse.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)I never saw not heard him, except for the one clip of him as a deer-in-the-headlights, reading to kids as the planes crashed into the towers. That played momentarily over and over so I accepted it. But other than that I never saw nor heard the man, although I kept up with the real news better than my neighbors. Maybe not better than most DU'er, though, but it can be done.
mentalsolstice
(4,461 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Womyns Rights
(34 posts)ancianita
(36,132 posts)finance capitalist's coup ceremony.
There are better ways for globalism to advance itself than at the expense of America's democratic process.
Gothmog
(145,496 posts)I am glad to see these boycotts
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Biden can go in his place, and that way Biden gets to be President for a day.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028477316
louis-t
(23,297 posts)They should attend and just stare at the SOB.
ananda
(28,875 posts)All Dems should boycott!
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Calling on Rep. Lewis to be 'his help' since his constituents have 'nothing to lose' is just more of his racist dog-whistling.
We should never forget who this deeply disturbed jackass really is.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)burrowowl
(17,645 posts)Panich52
(5,829 posts)Charlie Brotmanfired, replaced w/ minor-leaguer. Shameful.
Rachel Maddow 1st to report on it:
Trump ends inauguration tradition with firing, hires supporter
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-ends-inauguration-tradition-with-firing-hires-supporter-851337795715 via @msnbc
Trump fires inaugural announcer, on the job since '57 http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/trump-fires-inaugural-announcer-on-the-job-since-57-851349059778 via @msnbc
Announcer fired by Trump scores new inauguration gig http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/announcer-fired-by-trump-scores-new-inauguration-gig-853953603695 via @msnbc