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With the Capitol closed to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Lewis will spend only a few hours lying in state under the Capitol dome after an invitation-only ceremony reserved exclusively for members of the legislative branch on Monday afternoon. About 80 lawmakers are expected to attend, according to a Capitol official.Afterward, Mr. Lewis’s coffin will be moved outside to the Capitol steps, and members of the public will be able to line up — with masks required and social distancing enforced — to view it from the plaza below on Monday evening and all day Tuesday.Among those paying their respects will be Vice President Mike Pence and Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, according to their public schedules. President Trump is not scheduled to attend.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/us/politics/john-lewis-memorial.html
I can't imagine the number of threats the President has received lately ... I'm guessing one of the last places his security detail wants him is standing outside atop the Capitol steps in front of a largely unchecked crowd.But that could just be me.
Biden found the time to pay his respects in DC...I don't know who made this decision for Trump but they were wrong.
Here I am defending the president again, but didn’t John Lewis refuse to attend Trumps inauguration saying he couldn’t participate in something he deemed ‘wrong’? Lewis despised him. Wouldn’t it be reasonable to assume he wouldn’t want Trump attending his memorial event? Wouldnt Trump be made to appear small for doing so?Although I understand the argument it makes good politics, these ‘kiss my ring’ purity tests are growing tedious anyway. Trump has done plenty enough for the black community than to have to demonstrate his fealty to the civil rights movement in this manner.
I think it's a mistake..
Trump should be bigger than this if that's the case..No matter what you think of Lewis he was a sitting member of Congress and Trump should have taken the time...instead he sent his VP..VP's are sent to funerals of state officials of 3rd rate world countries..@LottieDah is right...Trump always gives the left all the ammo they need...
Trump sent Pence to represent the executive branch of government. Good enough in my books. IMHO he would have been criticized either way. I think he made a smart move actually.
Why does Trump ALWAYS give the left ammunition? Does it go against his grain to be the bigger man and pay his respects? Just because Lewis wasn't always a "stand up guy" does not mean Trump has the license to appear petty.
Why should he? Didn't Lewis make a big production out of snubbing Trump at the Inauguration?
Rep. John Lewis on not meeting with Trump: Martin Luther King Jr. 'would have taken the same position I did'Lewis says Trump wouldn't have been elected had King been aliveABC News, Jan 15, 2018— -- Rep. John Lewis, who boycotted President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year, said Martin Luther King Jr. “would have taken the same position I did.†Lewis, one of the last surviving leaders of the U.S. civil rights movement, was among the original 13 Freedom Riders and was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a major organization of the movement in the 1960s. He told “The View†today that he originally decided not to attend Trump's inauguration a year ago because he “never felt that his election was legitimate.†He also has not met with the president and does not plan to. "I couldn't be at home with myself if I had to participate or be part of [Trump's inauguration]," Lewis said. "The movement told us to withdraw from evil." Lewis also said on "This Week" on Sunday that he will not attend Trump’s first State of the Union later this month, saying that “in good conscience†he “cannot sit there and listen to him.â€https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-john-lewis-meeting-trump-martin-luther-king/story?id=52343117
Attending the viewing in the Rotunda would be like hanging a 'kick me' sign on his back.
Cyber wrote:"Why should he? Didn't Lewis make a big production out of snubbing Trump at the Inauguration?"I don't remember that, but if that's the case, Mr. Trump is serving just the right amount of "payback".
Trump tweets all kinds of crap why did he not tweet that his security team felt it was not safe for him to visit the Capitol to pay his respects to John Lewis and be done with it. Instead he has given the media the go ahead to paint him as petty, vindictive and uncaring.
