Chuck Todd and NBC
are rejoicing in the turbulence created
during Todd’s interview
with Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) on Friday. The interview came on the heels of a 90-minute
closed door briefing with members of Congress earlier in the day during which
FBI Directory Comey “refused to clarify” whether his agency is investigating
President-elect Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
Comey’s “lack of candor” angered legislators; most notably Rep. Lewis.
“I believe in
forgiveness. I believe in trying to work with people. It’s going to be hard.
It’s going to be very difficult. I don’t see this president-elect as a
legitimate president. I think the
Russians participated in helping this man get elected, and they helped destroy
the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. I don’t plan to attend the inauguration. It
would be the first one that I miss since I’ve been in the Congress. You cannot
be at home with something that you feel that is wrong. I think there was a conspiracy on the part of
the Russians and others to help him get elected. That’s not right. That’s not
fair. That’s not the open, democratic process,” Lewis said.
This is the same kind
of divisive rhetoric that Democrats
hated under Obama.
Lewis is notorious
for endlessly spewing the same tired dog whistle mantra of racism expecting
everyone to acquiesce because he’s a civil rights “icon”. Lewis has managed to wrap himself in anger
with a heavy dash of hate.
In October of 2008
Lewis accused
John McCain and Sarah Palin of stoking hate exclaiming, "What I am
seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American
history. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are
sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this
hostility in our political discourse."
“As public figures
with the power to influence and persuade, Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are
playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us
all," Lewis said. "They are playing a very dangerous game that
disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire
democracy. We can do better. The American people deserve better.” His full statement can be seen here.
McCain responded, "I am
saddened that John Lewis, a man I've always admired, would make such a brazen
and baseless attack on my character and the character of the thousands of
hardworking Americans who come to our events to cheer for the kind of reform
that will put America on the right track," the GOP nominee said in a
statement this afternoon.”
He added, "I
call on Senator Obama to immediately and personally repudiate these outrageous
and divisive comments that are so clearly designed to shut down debate 24 days
before the election. Our country must return to the important debate about the
path forward for America.”
Kevin Jackson,
proprietor of The
Black Sphere posited this thought:
“Fools like Lewis have outlived their usefulness for black people, and
he demonstrates just how badly he has sold out to the Democrats. The
Congressional Black Circus hasn’t helped blacks in any meaningful way, since
its inception. In fact, the CBC has made black Leftists the weakest whiners on
the planet.”
Lewis cannot be held
solely accountable for perpetuating this nonsense about Granny Clinton losing
the election due to Russian meddling. I
hold an equal amount of revulsion for #NeverTrumpers like Mitt Romney, Bill Kristol,
Jonah Goldberg and others, but my greatest ire is directed toward John McCain who
admitted
he gave an unverified, error-riddled “dossier” detailing claims of Russian
blackmail to the FBI.
Watching our
intelligence chiefs and McCain trying to blacken Trump's name by means of a sleazy,
unverified report about golden showers in a Moscow hotel, is particularly
ignoble.
The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post have been baying
for Trump's blood. Not since World War II has the media so dramatically dropped
its mask of ersatz impartiality to reveal its true political agenda.
Our intelligence
agencies are a vital component of national security which
has become our new state religion. But in true bureaucratic form they have
become bloated, redundant and self-perpetuating. They need to be booted out of
politics.
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