President Trump
Donald John Trump Biden to pay tribute to Lewis on Capitol Hill Monday. Cotton asked for comments on slavery in criticism of the 1619 Draft Congress slated for disorderly COVID-19 talks on a tight deadline. does not plan to visit the Capitol to honor the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis
John Lewis Biden to pay tribute to Lewis on Capitol Hill Monday John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge for the last time John Lewis’s 7-year-old nephew-grandson calls civil rights icon ‘my hero’ MORE (D-Ga.), He told reporters on Monday.
“I’m not going, no,” Trump said before leaving the White House for a trip to North Carolina when asked if he planned to visit the Capitol on Monday or Tuesday to pay his respects to Lewis.
“I’m not going”.
Trump told reporters as he was leaving the White House that he would not go pay his respects to Congressman John Lewis, as he is in the state on Capitol pic.twitter.com/dkcOOvHvsY
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Vice President Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence
Karen Sue Pence Hill’s 12:30 report – Presented by Facebook – 0 unemployment benefit will expire Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump revolves around the convention; The Republican Party criticizes the Pence virus “would not hesitate” to send their children to school despite the coronavirus MORE They are scheduled to visit the Capitol, where Lewis will be in the state at the roundabout, Monday night after the vice president returns from a trip to Florida to discuss the investigation of the coronavirus vaccine.
Lewis’s coffin arrived on Capitol Hill just as Trump was leaving Washington DC for North Carolina.
The coffin will be displayed outside at the top of the Capitol steps later Monday so members of the public can pay their respects while keeping their distance due to the coronavirus pandemic. Public outdoor viewing will continue through Tuesday.
Lewis emerged as a key figure in the civil rights movement, having survived a brutal beating by Alabama state agents during the 1965 march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, known as “Bloody Sunday” . He died at age 80 on July 17 after a month-long battle with cancer.
Trump ordered flags at the White House to be flown at half-staff in honor of Lewis for part of the day after his death. The president said that day he was “saddened” to hear the news of Lewis’s death, calling him a civil rights hero in a tweet, but has otherwise said little about his death publicly.
Trump harshly criticized Lewis in 2017, saying his Atlanta-area district was in “horrible shape” and called the congressman “talking all” and “not acting or giving results.” The president’s comment, which came in the form of a tweet, came after Lewis said Trump was not a “legitimate” president.
Presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden
Joe BidenBiden to pay tribute to Lewis on Capitol Hill on Monday Trump lashes out at the Reagan Foundation after fundraising request Trump’s approval of coronavirus management reaches a new low level MORE He is expected to visit Washington on Monday to pay his respects to Lewis.
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