Rep. John Lewis, 1940-2020

That’s just like him. He was always there for his district and works hard for you guys. The whole city is better off for having him be a leader.

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RIP; he was a good man.

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I reminder about what qualifications Republicans think make a “good black man”:

Eschaton

Saturday, July 18, 2020

No Civil Rights Leader Like A Dead Civil Rights Leader

Destroy their legacies in life, pretend to honor them after their death.

Atrios at 14:56

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Last year I did a search for that MLK comic book that got John interested (I think he was interested already, but it gave some form to “this doesn’t seem right”) and it is online.

The location I found is

http://www.ep.tc/mlk/index.html

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Wouldn’t be the only one… :grimacing:

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Long twitter thread on those changes:

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Plus, the selfish insult of calling on “My God” to offer eternal peace, suggesting superiority of his Creator over John Lewis’ Creator (who is presumed to not be the same deity).

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Considering all the typos it’s likely he meant to type “May God grant him eternal rest.” But it’s Rubio, so who knows.

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I didn’t even think of that! Good point.

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A fitting way to honor Lewis right now would be to name the Voting Rights Advancement Act after him and pass it with a veto-proof majority before November.

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but, but, … monotheism :confused:

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Trump paid tribute to Lewis Saturday afternoon, after he returned from a spot of golf with Senator Lindsey Graham earlier in the day.

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Priorities, priorities.

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I learned a new meaning. Griot is also a slow cooked pork dish, which made me instantly look up the word because the food I’m familiar with clearly wasn’t what Stacey Abrams was referencing. Turns out both meanings are from the same origin.

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Marco agrees

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Sorry, rules of the golf course. No you-know-whos allowed, even in spirit.

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Marco Rubio isn’t the only Republican Senator to post himself with a picture of Elijah Cummings instead of John Lewis today. I’m surprised none of them have explicitly tried to explain themselves by saying “they all look the same” yet.

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