RANK-AND-FILE RIGHT-WINGERS DESPISED JOHN LEWIS

A great loss for America:

Representative John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers and an apostle of nonviolence who was bloodied at Selma and across the Jim Crow South in the historic struggle for racial equality, and who then carried a mantle of moral authority into Congress, died on Friday. He was 80.

We have many political fights today, but some of us would like to believe that there's no dispute anymore about certain aspects of the past. The Hill reports:

Americans from across the political spectrum ... honored Lewis....

"The Senate and the nation mourn the loss of Congressman John Lewis, a pioneering civil rights leader who put his life on the line to fight racism, promote equal rights, and bring our nation into greater alignment with its founding principles,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)....

"John Lewis was a legend who dedicated his life to achieving justice for all. His fight for freedom transformed the lives of countless Americans, and the legacy he leaves behind will continue to impact generations to come,” added Georgia Rep. Doug Collins....

But the conservative supporters of politicians like McConnell and Collins don't agree. They despised Lewis.

Here are some responses to a Breitbart story about Lewis's death:

Congresses biggest racist is finally dead. Hip, Hip, Hooray. Hay Grimm Reaper don’t forget Ruth too.

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Lewis was a career politician\criminal that enriched himself creating racial tension. Goodbye.

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Just think ..we dont have to hear the " civil rights icon" praises anymore!🇺🇸🇺🇸KAGA!!

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Just because he WORSHIPPED at The DemonKKKrap Altar of Daily Human Baby Sacrifices? Oh....yeah.....

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how many times will he be voting in november

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MLKjr looked down from heaven across the chasm and said, 'John, what were you thinking?' I sacrificed and gave you an opportunity to do something to unite our country ... and you squandered on yourSELF? ... uh, Is Obama with you?'

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Lewis and Jackson and Sharpton are all out for themselves, not their "community." They speak to only a few...

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They are race hustlers and poverty pimps.

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Race hustlers.. if there was no racism theyd be out of a job.. and they know that!

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Lewis became a jealous, untruthful, bigot interested in only encouraging violence, jealousy, and resentment.

It would be so wonderful to see him enlightened rather than being filled with HATE. Hopefully he did before death.

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John Lewis may be a Civil Rights icon but he was a longtime contender for the "Stupidest Democrat In Congress" title.
TRUMP 2020!

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There seems to be plenty of democrats that are just as hateful, stupid and unqualified as Lewis.

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Yup. An original, well, victim I suppose. Known for the victims movement.

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Spewus was likely the worse of all of them.

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I bet his words when he enters the after life... “ wow i didnt know heaven could be so hot and why is hitler and mccain up here?”

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Good riddance to race-baiting virtue-signaling pos Marxist, Willful Democrat Slave, rubbish.

It's mostly the same at Free Republic:

I never liked the way he talked. He seemed like a illiterate dumbshit.

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Let’s watch the rioting and looting during his funerals in ATLANTA and DC!! The DEMOCRATS sure know how to do rowdy funerals.

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My lasting (and only) memory of him is the anti-UbungaCare protest in DC, which I attended, when he lied about some white guy spitting on him. I was mere feet away from him at the time. The stench of being that close to Lewis, Pelosi, Hoyer and the rest of those Democrat freaks was overwhelming.

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Booker T Washington warned us about race hustlers like him...100+ years ago.

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Politics was the only "legitimate" career he could have chosen...he was never gonna make it as a rocket scientist.

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Lewis was a race hustler.

Always ready to run to any race incident to yell and get attention for himself.

One tiny step ahead of Sharpton.

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He marched in selma and that was good, and that was the last good thing this bigot did.

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I figured he must not have been well during the BLM riots because the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed and other shootings have since taken place is in his district. He wasn’t front and center down there blaming Donald Trump and everyone but the perps.

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Now that Lewis is gone, will the young men of Atlanta wear their pants at half-staff?

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He is from the time in our history that is being erased; he can join the Confederate statues in the dustbin of history.

Looking around today, what did these “icons” accomplish?

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They accomplished a great deal, but then cooperated with the white liberals to keep the disadvantaged on handouts for generations to come.

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One of the biggest and nastiest racist ever in America.

And as DougJ notes, many of the responses to Jonathan Turley's tweet are awful:

A terrible lost for this country of a voice of unparalleled strength and clarity. I had many occasions to speak with John Lewis throughout the years and always considered it the greatest honor. He was the embodiment of the best of what we are as a nation. https://t.co/WDcOgoyPC7

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 18, 2020

Lewis was a polarizing devisive political figure that opposed legislative progress at every turn. This sudden glorification is attempt to alter reality.

— Lee Robin (@LeeRobin19) July 18, 2020

The little i knew of him was divisive and political for his own power

— Danby (@DEDanby) July 18, 2020

He was a race baiter. Every issue of disagreement with the other side turned into a racial issue in his mind.

— Pat the Patriot (@RedKnepley) July 18, 2020

He was a partisan hack and the devil incarnate. pic.twitter.com/Bc15yWuskU

— ⚔️😼🌹Bad Kitty 真相 🌹 😼⚔️ (@pepesgrandma) July 18, 2020

Burn slow in the hell.

— MrArteaguense (@Arteaguense) July 18, 2020

Funny how when people die they suddenly become a saint. This guy was no saint..and I'm not going to be a hypocrite just because he died. He was a vile man..and he's still a vile man..and will go down in history as a vile man.
One less person trying to drag this country down.

— MAGA CHICK (@MAGACHICK3) July 18, 2020

One less rat in the swamp.

— Bitcoin (Parler: SNEntrepreneurs) (@SNEntrepreneurs) July 18, 2020

Toodles,

Another race baiting liar bites the dust.

Black liars matter-

— Johnny Apollo (@Johnny___Apollo) July 18, 2020

That's the American right in 2020. No, there will not a magical moment of national healing if Donald Trump is defeated in November.