Trump will not visit Capitol to pay respects to civil rights icon John Lewis

[sneakypete]

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..

@mystery-ak

So,there ya go. Who do you think kept voting for Lewis if not 3rd rate Americans?

It's not like those people REALLY wanted to compete and work hard for anything.

[Smokin Joe]

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.

Better to give them ammo than a target.

[DCPatriot]

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...

President Lyndon B. Johnson:  "The difference between chicken salad and chicken shit... that's a Senator compared to a Congressman".

[Jazzhead]

I think it's a mistake..

Yet another unforced error.  If Trump loses, and he will, it will be because he's been unable to move beyond being the leader of his faction.   

[Right_in_Virginia]

Yet another unforced error.  If Trump loses, and he will, it will be because he's been unable to move beyond being the leader of his faction.

I haven't found confirmation of this --- if I've missed it @Jazzhead would you post a link confirming the President was included on Nancy Pelosi's "invitation only" list?  Or maybe the invitation came from the Lewis family. 

Thanks for your help. 

[Slide Rule]

Why would Trump honor in any way someone he thought dishonorable?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump always gives the left all the ammo they need...

Sure.  Because we all know Nancy Pelosi and MSNBCNN wouldn't have spent days shredding the President for "hypocrisy".   

[sneakypete]

Yet another unforced error.  If Trump loses, and he will, it will be because he's been unable to move beyond being the leader of his faction.

@Jazzhead

No surprise that you want him to be a "mushy moderate". You are still  joined at the hip with the Dim left even though you seem to see the dangers they represent to individual freedoms.

Make the break.

[sneakypete]

Why would Trump honor in any way someone he thought dishonorable?

@Slide Rule

To please the people who have no intention of voting for him anyhow,of course.

[FeelNoPain]

@Slide Rule

To please the people who have no intention of voting for him anyhow,of course.

      I get that.
      But what does he lose by going? Would he have lost a single vote by going?
      If you were his adviser, wouldn't you have told him to go? Show those suburban moms (who you do need to vote for him, btw) that President Donald J. Trump, despite what the Dems say, is not about racial strife or division. Rather, he is a true leader, above the fray, above pettiness, a person who can take the higher ground for the greater good of the country.

      "Why, look at POTUS, with his magnanimous, magnificent self, paying his respects to John Lewis---a man who called POTUS illegitimate, by the way, you may have heard. Look at he and Melania, looking regal and dignified! POTUS putting what is best for the country above internecine differences. The Healer-in-Chief! What a man!"   

[cato potatoe]

It's too hot to keep dragging his corpse around the country.  Are they ever going to bury him, or will he be put on display like Vladimir Lenin?

[Cyber Liberty]

      I get that.
      But what does he lose by going? Would he have lost a single vote by going?
      If you were his adviser, wouldn't you have told him to go? Show those suburban moms (who you do need to vote for him, btw) that President Donald J. Trump, despite what the Dems say, is not about racial strife or division. Rather, he is a true leader, above the fray, above pettiness, a person who can take the higher ground for the greater good of the country.

      "Why, look at POTUS, with his magnanimous, magnificent self, paying his respects to John Lewis---a man who called POTUS illegitimate, by the way, you may have heard. Look at he and Melania, looking regal and dignified! POTUS putting what is best for the country above internecine differences. The Healer-in-Chief! What a man!"   

If he wasn't invited (and all indications are he was not.  The event was invitation-only, to members of the House), then it would be inappropriate to crash the gate.  But, lookit all the mileage the Trump bashers are getting from it!

[sneakypete]

      I get that.
      But what does he lose by going? Would he have lost a single vote by going?
      If you were his adviser, wouldn't you have told him to go? Show those suburban moms (who you do need to vote for him, btw) that President Donald J. Trump, despite what the Dems say, is not about racial strife or division.

The typical suburban mom doesn't give a rabid rats ass about John Lewis's funeral. Maybe ghetto rat moms and Beverly Hills moms,but not middle-class moms.

What THEY care about is getting their rug rats back into school so they can go back to work before they lose their homes to foreclosure. THAT is where "the rubber meets the road" for REAL suburban moms.

Rather, he is a true leader, above the fray, above pettiness, a person who can take the higher ground for the greater good of the country.

That's a joke,right?


   

  "Why, look at POTUS, with his magnanimous, magnificent self, paying his respects to John Lewis---a man who called POTUS illegitimate, by the way, you may have heard. Look at he and Melania, looking regal and dignified!

To continue,"WTF is he doing THERE instead of at work trying to put Americans back at work?"

POTUS putting what is best for the country above internecine differences.

What is BEST FOR THE COUNTRY is putting America back at work,not honoring a Poverty Pimp.

The Healer-in-Chief! What a man!"   

You should write comedy.

[skeeter]

It's too hot to keep dragging his corpse around the country.  Are they ever going to bury him, or will he be put on display like Vladimir Lenin?

I heard they're gonna put him up in Lafayette Square as soon as they can pull Andy down off his horse.

[dfwgator]

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.

I'm sure Trump privately paid his respects to the family out of sight.  But the fact is, if he did go, it would be all about him,  like it or not, so he'd just rather avoid that circus.

[LottieDah]

Speaking to the family privately does make sense. 

[Slide Rule]

@Slide Rule

To please the people who have no intention of voting for him anyhow,of course.

I will have to ask much better questions. Great response.

Slide Rule

[Absalom]

I think it's a mistake..

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Mystery if you keep talking sense, you're gonna get yelled at.
So how bout this for a solution?
Install a coupla dozen mikes on the Capital Steps, then arrange
a similar number of Chairs.
Next fill the Chairs w/inflated dummies having painted faces
wearing MAGA Hats.
Then pipe-in crowd blather from some 2015 Euro Soccer Match
and presto, Trump will be there in a flash!!! Wanna bet?
Hey it works for Sports.
And Political yip-yap is simply another form of entertainment!!!

[skeeter]

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Mystery if you keep talking sense, you're gonna get yelled at.
So how bout this for a solution?
Install a coupla dozen mikes on the Capital Steps, then arrange
a similar number of Chairs.
Next fill the Chairs w/inflated dummies having painted faces
wearing MAGA Hats.
Then pipe-in crowd blather from some 2015 Euro Soccer Match
and presto, Trump will be there in a flash!!! Wanna bet?
Hey it works for Sports.
And Political yip-yap is simply another form of entertainment!!!

Thank goodness you have another option on the ballot this November, right?