Discussion: GOP Rep.: John Lewis Hasn't Contributed Anything Since Civil Rights Era

And Rep Steve King hasnā€™t contributed anything since birthā€¦

And Iā€™m sorry, but Rep Lewis actually has quite a long list of accomplishments since the Civil Right Era.

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ā€˜How can you form a caucus thatā€™s established on race?ā€™

A better question is ā€œHow can you form a majority in the House of Representatives thatā€™s established on pure, unmitigated ignorance?ā€

King could probably answer this question if he werenā€™t so hopelessly, breathtakinly stupid.

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In addition to continuing his work in Congress, Lewis has reached out to a younger generation by helping to create a series of graphic novels about his work in the Civil Rights Movement. In 2016, he won the National Book Award for the third installment in the series March: Book Three, which marks the first time a graphic novel has received the honor. He accepted the award with co-writer Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell, and spoke of its significance in an emotional acceptance speech. ā€œSome of you know I grew up in rural Alabama, very poor, very few books in our home,ā€ Lewis said. ā€œI remember in 1956, when I was 16 years old, going to the public library to get library cards, and we were told the library was for whites only and not for coloreds. And to come here and receive this honor, itā€™s too much.ā€

This doesnā€™t count, though, because itā€™s more than 140 characters and Trump canā€™t actually read.

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This man has long since grown wearisome. I think we shouldā€¦

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Heā€™s like one of those creepy bugs that hides in your sink.

The House Centipede? Google it. You should be permitted to burn your house down and insurance should cover it if you find one of those.

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Really. And Kingā€™s just that shiveringly, horrifyingly awful. You lose your status as a fellow mammal, carrying on like he does, and fall into weirdly robotic venomous arthropod level. And you get killed with fire and everyone hopes itā€™s a lesson to the other centipedes and scorpions and all.

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Once again, the formula holds trueā€¦IA + R = Asshole. Sad.

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Oh ā€¦ itā€™s him. (Chuckling) Nothing serious to consider. Please notify me when he dies so I can do a little jig.

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Iā€™m still waiting for Cheney to knock off. Iā€™m not sure why, since weā€™re suffering with Trump, God canā€™t throw us a little win in our column.

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ā€œIn August 2015, King was named the least effective member of Congress by InsideGov due to his persistent failures to get legislation out of committee.ā€
See, InsideGov These are the least effective members of congress August 6, 2015

From Steven Kingā€™s Wikipedia page. Which any 12 year old can look up. Even 12 year olds with calves the size of canteloups. The Wikipedia entry also states that King falsely claimed to be of Latino ancestry, that while attending but failing to graduate from college, he, like our hawkish PEOTUS, obtained multiple Draft Deferments, and that he displays a Confederate Flag behind his congressional office desk, despite being from a non-Confederate State. However he did attend a college, from which he did not graduate, in Missouri, and is a member of a fraternity which he probably joined there and which is probably racist as are most of the Slave State college fraternities as well as being ā€œself segregating.ā€ In other words, Steven King is remarkably full of shit even by the standards of the Modern Dixie GOP. .

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And of course the Amazon sales of that series skyrocketed over the weekend to the point where it was sold out.

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ā€™How can you form a caucus thatā€™s established on race?'

Ask the revered ā€œFounding Fathersā€! They will tell you how itā€™s done.

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Even if John Lewis had not done so much for the nation and civil rights in all the years heā€™s been in Congress, deriding him for not having done anything since he was a civil rights leader would be like saying of a former Marine, ā€œWell, yes, but what did he do after he raised the flag on Iwo Jima?ā€

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'Ol Cantalope Calves trying to stay relevantā€¦

JoHn LewiS didNt hurt Trumps feelingS with his LiEs, he hurT americas feeLingS.

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Clearly heā€™s not a real American.

Trump really has absolutely no decency. Just not a singular bit.

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Between King and Gohmert, which is winning the ā€œDumbest Person in Congressā€ contest? Bachmann no longer in contentionā€¦

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He hasnā€™t if this is something you count as a ā€œcontribution since the civil rights era.ā€

The head of Austriaā€™s Freedom Party (FPƖ), Heinz-Christian Strache, has officially announced his attendance at Donald Trumpā€™s upcoming inauguration, which takes place this Friday. Strache disclosed his plans on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning. ā€¦ The invitation allegedly came from the US-Congressman from Iowa, Steve King, who is known for his ultraconservative views and strong support for Trump.

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