July 19, 2020
John Lewis died on Friday of pancreatic cancer.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted a message of appreciation, calling him a "civil rights hero."
On Sunday, Trump joked about renaming Ft. Bragg after Al Sharpton.
In the meantime, Trump's buddy Roger Stone mumbled that he didn't "want to argue with this Negro" in a live interview with African-American radio-show host Morris O'Kelly.
John Lewis died on Friday of pancreatic cancer.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted a message of appreciation, calling him a "civil rights hero."
On Sunday, Trump joked about renaming Ft. Bragg after Al Sharpton.
In the meantime, Trump's buddy Roger Stone mumbled that he didn't "want to argue with this Negro" in a live interview with African-American radio-show host Morris O'Kelly.
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Oops! Another faux pas, but Trump's base forgives him. Who couldn't, with that adorable little-boy face? |
“It should be the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020," he said in a CNN interview. "Words may be powerful, but deeds are lasting.”
The voting rights law took a punch in the gut in 2013 when the Supreme Court held that the need for the Voting Rights Act had largely passed, so changes in voting rules didn't require approval in advance from the federal government.
The rewritten Voting Rights Act passed the House in December.
"It's laid out the way the Supreme Court asked us to lay it out," Clyburn said. "And if the President were to sign that, then I think that's what we would do to honor John."
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/
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