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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Biden nabs endorsement of prominent black lawmaker John Lewis
Source: Reuters
POLITICS APRIL 7, 2020 / 5:37 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Biden nabs endorsement of prominent black lawmaker John Lewis
Trevor Hunnicutt
1 MIN READ
(Reuters) - U.S. Representative John Lewis of Georgia endorsed Joe Bidens presidential campaign on Tuesday, giving the Democrats bid further support among the partys black leadership.
Joe Biden has no delusion about this nations past, but he knows who we can be at our best, Lewis said in a campaign video announcing his support.
Lewis is known for his activism in the 1960s in support of civil rights for black Americans.
Biden is seeking his partys nomination to face President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election.
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Biden nabs endorsement of prominent black lawmaker John Lewis
Trevor Hunnicutt
1 MIN READ
(Reuters) - U.S. Representative John Lewis of Georgia endorsed Joe Bidens presidential campaign on Tuesday, giving the Democrats bid further support among the partys black leadership.
Joe Biden has no delusion about this nations past, but he knows who we can be at our best, Lewis said in a campaign video announcing his support.
Lewis is known for his activism in the 1960s in support of civil rights for black Americans.
Biden is seeking his partys nomination to face President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-endorsement/biden-nabs-endorsement-of-prominent-black-lawmaker-john-lewis-idUSKBN21P16W
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Biden nabs endorsement of prominent black lawmaker John Lewis (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2020
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Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)1. "Prominent black lawmaker"
Undersells Lewis just a bit.
How about civil rights icon ?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Eugene
(61,894 posts)2. CNN: Civil rights icon John Lewis endorses Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,224 posts)3. There ya Go! Thanks, Eugene.. Mahalo,
Rep John Lewis!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,231 posts)9. JOHN Lewis is a national treasure
Link to tweet
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)4. This is big! Really big! What an honor for Biden!
I suspect that even as I write this, in some dark, seedy, and racist corners of the internet... there are hotheaded revolutionary malcontents who are booing him. Sad that there is so much hate and bigotry in the world. It's very distressing.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)6. :) Well, that's a surprise. Advanced pancreatic cancer is
a grim business, though. Rep. Lewis says he'll campaign aggressively to elect his friend Joe Biden, "travel around America to support him." I hope the traveling is from the comfort of this big man's own home, but we know he'll do what he decides he needs to. There's nothing more important.
NYT: I know what it is to campaign hard and to work hard, Mr. Lewis said, acknowledging that he faced some problems now, but they will not be with me forever. And I will be out there working and campaigning for Joe Biden as president of the United States of America. ...
If we fail to vote, we dont count, he said. But he also expressed concern about voting against the backdrop of a pandemic, in a nation that has struggled with voter suppression, saying that he worried about whether the country would have a free election.
I just hope that, in spite of whatever is going on now, that people will not be afraid to come out and vote, he said. We have to vote.
If we fail to vote, we dont count, he said. But he also expressed concern about voting against the backdrop of a pandemic, in a nation that has struggled with voter suppression, saying that he worried about whether the country would have a free election.
I just hope that, in spite of whatever is going on now, that people will not be afraid to come out and vote, he said. We have to vote.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)7. This Asian woman
approves this message.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,231 posts)8. This is a major endorsement-John Lewis is a national treasure
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden