Following the announcement of John Lewis – a landmark figure in the United States – that he will not participate in Donald Trump’s investiture ceremony, he decided to attack him.
“I do not consider the president elected as a legitimate president,” said John Lewis, 76, and representative of the 5th district of Georgia.
Trump is still talking about him thanks to his reaction on Twitter: “Parliamentarian John Lewis would do better to spend time helping his riding, which is deplorable and disintegrating (not to mention crime That gangrene) rather than complaining badly of the results of the election.Words, words, words – no action nor results.
John Lewis is highly respected in the United States for his involvement in the fight against racial segregation alongside Martin Luther King Jr. The main civil rights organization, the NAACP, has asked Trump to apologize .
This clash happens a few days before the festivities of Martin Luther King Day. Ironically, Donald Trump will visit the Museum of the History of African American Culture in Washington for the occasion, where an exhibition featuring John Lewis is held.