CrimsonPhantom
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John Lewis being all talk, no action
Quote:For nearly 20 years, I lived in Congressman John Lewis’ (D) district in southeast Atlanta, most of those years in a tiny house I bought for $19,000. My neighborhood, Boulevard Heights, was then a poor community in the shadow of the federal prison where Cuban criminals from the Mariel boatlifts famously rioted in 1987. I moved to Boulevard Heights a few years after the riots but heard the stories.
The smoke from the prison disturbances was so thick that residents were instructed over loudspeakers to lock themselves inside their houses. Nobody knew if the prisoners had escaped. My friend sat in his grandmother’s house with his gun ready.
Congressman Lewis sided with the criminal rioters that time, too.
As a then-Democrat state lobbyist, I had numerous occasions to interact professionally with Lewis. Once he was the main speaker at a press conference I held at the Georgia Capitol.
And as a long-time social service provider, community outreach worker, and professional advocate for crime victims in his district, I frequently aided Lewis’ most vulnerable constituents. Sometimes I did this at the behest of my city councilwoman, sometimes through agencies and nonprofits I worked with, sometimes on my own. I called Lewis’ office many times over the years. I usually called for constituent services, not for political causes.
I write all this to explain that not only do I know John Lewis’ record as a congressman in great detail, but also I’ve lived it intimately, though I doubt he’d recognize me.
As somebody who spent almost two decades in John Lewis’ district trying to fix the problems of crime, poverty, and family disintegration created entirely by Lewis’ politics and his political party, I speak with authority when I say that Donald Trump is completely correct when he accuses John Lewis of being all talk, no action.
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49RFootballNow
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RE: John Lewis being all talk, no action
If you have ever been in the southern parts of Atlanta you can understand this person's frustrations. It looks like it belongs in Iraq or Afghanistan, not Georgia.
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03-08-2017 01:35 PM |
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