RIP Rep. John Lewis

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A great loss for Georgians, a great loss for the country, and a great loss for humanity.

[mary2029]

He was a great leader of "good trouble". Hope we see more of his ilk join and rise in their battles.

[TheOtherMe]

Rest in Power.  #goodtrouble  

May we, as a country, remember your words and act accordingly

[mmhmm]

May he rest in peace. He was a man of honor.

[Tennesseer]

I think of great men as always being tall. John Lewis was apparently on the shorter side.

I am now of the opinion great men and women come in all sizes.

[thyme4change]

Jul 18, 2020 9:34:44 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I think of great men as always being tall. John Lewis was apparently on the shorter side.

I am now of the opinion great men and women come in all sizes.

Lol. So enlightened. 🤓

[finnime]

He was a powerful champion of civil rights. May he rest in peace.

[busymom]

A man who actually tried to serve our country, instead of playing "what's in it for me".  He will be missed.  

[Tennesseer]

Rubio mistakenly tweets tribute to Lewis with picture of late Elijah Cummings

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) prompted pushback Saturday after tweeting a photo of himself and the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) in a tribute to the late John Lewis (D-Ga.), who died Friday night.

Rubio on Saturday shared a photo of himself and Cummings, tweeting that it was "an honor to know & be blessed with the opportunity to serve in Congress with JohnLewis a genuine & historic American hero."

Rubio also changed his profile picture on Twitter to the photo with Cummings on Saturday, according to multiple reports. He has since changed the photo to one of himself and Lewis.

Rubio mistakenly tweets tribute to Lewis with picture of late Elijah Cummings

[Tennesseer]

OPINION

Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation

Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe.

By John Lewis
Mr. Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral. Editorial Page Editor Kathleen Kingsbury wrote about this piece and Mr. Lewis’s legacy in Thursday’s edition of our Opinion Today newsletter.

While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society. Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.

That is why I had to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, though I was admitted to the hospital the following day. I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on.

Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor. He was 14 when he was killed, and I was only 15 years old at the time. I will never ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me. In those days, fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars.


Complete article here: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation

[gs11rmb]

I live in John Lewis' district.  My DH and I were talking about the genuine outpouring of grief being felt.  There are other politicians out there that I rather like and respect and would say "that's sad" and then move on with my day.  John Lewis was just different and I can't think of anyone else's death that would make me feel so sad.  My older girl was out of town but I took my 7 year old daughter down to lay flowers at the HERO mural the day after his death.  I told her that I very much hoped she'd remember doing that when she got older.  I know it's a Shakespearean cliche but... we shall not see his like again. 

[gs11rmb]

[chiver78]

Jul 30, 2020 10:44:32 GMT -5 gs11rmb said:

I live in John Lewis' district.  My DH and I were talking about the genuine outpouring of grief being felt.  There are other politicians out there that I rather like and respect and would say "that's sad" and then move on with my day.  John Lewis was just different and I can't think of anyone else's death that would make me feel so sad.  My older girl was out of town but I took my 7 year old daughter down to lay flowers at the HERO memorial the day after his death.  I told her that I very much hoped she'd remember doing that when she got older.  I know it's a Shakespearean cliche but... we shall not see his like again. 

hugs. a mutual friend of ours (not from this board) has been posting quotes from Lewis that I was unfamiliar with, since his passing. he's added commentary of his own, and I'm seeing how much John Lewis personally meant to his constituents. I'm sorry for your loss. 🥀

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gs11rmb You are right. We won't see his like again. I remember him from the March on Washington in the summer of '63 and MLK's I Have a Dream speech that we watched on our black and white TV and from the march across the bridge. Now I've watched the funeral from beginning to end. The end is what's making me sad now. It's really over. He's really gone. When the honor guard came in to take the casket out of the church is when I lost it. I'm crying about a man I never met.

[Opti]

I liked the honor guard. I also enjoyed some of the stories. I thought Clinton's recounting of his trench coat, backpack and thankfully not getting clubbed with a pipe were very vivid and memorable. I liked how Pelosi recounted how he acted as a mentor to many in Congress and then had Congress peeps and Senators stand to show their support.