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LetMyPeopleVote

(181,303 posts)
Sun May 3, 2026, 07:48 PM 14 hrs ago

John Roberts is exactly who John Lewis told us he was.

I have been fortunate enough to have heard John Lewis tell his preaching to chickens story in person five times including at the 2016 national convention. Congressman Al Green introduced me to Congressman John Lewis as a civil rights attorney which I had to correct.

John Lewis is right about John Roberts




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John Roberts is exactly who John Lewis told us he was. (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago OP
TY LMPV, for John Lewis' assessment Cha 13 hrs ago #1
I love this: calimary 13 hrs ago #2
Yes it is, calimary! John Lewis was Cha 12 hrs ago #6
John Lewis, was a true patriot wendyb-NC 13 hrs ago #3
John Lewis was right. LoisB 13 hrs ago #4
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a 13 hrs ago #5
That fifth para is the whole point. "Reducing barriers" and "increasing the number of minority elected officials" is eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #7
Won't be able to remove him RetiredParatrooper 12 hrs ago #8
Bigots and racists like Roberts B.See 12 hrs ago #9
John Lewis was a great yet humble man debsy 12 hrs ago #10

calimary

(90,547 posts)
2. I love this:
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:06 PM
13 hrs ago
”The stakes are higher than ever. We cannot afford to elevate an individual to such a powerful lifetime position whose record demonstrates such a strong desire to reverse the hard-won civil rights gains that so many of us sacrificed so much to achieve. We have come a great distance. We cannot afford to stand still. We cannot afford to go back. We must go forward to the creation of one America.”

What a GREAT quote!

Cha

(320,161 posts)
6. Yes it is, calimary! John Lewis was
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:03 PM
12 hrs ago

so prescient.

And, John Roberts is a horrible being.

wendyb-NC

(4,718 posts)
3. John Lewis, was a true patriot
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:14 PM
13 hrs ago

That guy Roberts, is a shameful passive aggressive, racist, he shouldn't be where he is, regardless of his brilliance as a lawyer.
He's a sneak and a dishonest partisan coward. The rest of the six conservatives, aren't any better. That ruling on voting rights last week, was thoughtless, and cruel. Are they that ignorant of history? They are a disappointing lot.

Response to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

eppur_se_muova

(42,324 posts)
7. That fifth para is the whole point. "Reducing barriers" and "increasing the number of minority elected officials" is
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:10 PM
12 hrs ago

***EXACTLY*** what Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Trmp, and their ilk HATE about Civil Rights legislation. They want to restore -- even increase -- the barriers and decrease the number of minority officials (elected or appointed) and are certainly succeeding at that. Just look at the military officers Trmp refused to promote -- he's taking a direct hand in resuscitating old Jim Crow.

How miserable it must be to live with all that hate inside. They think it doesn't affect them, but it does. It poisons their souls. And for those who believe in a hereafter, it ensures Trump's, and his minions', will not be pleasant. Nor will their historical legacy on this earth be one of anything but unmitigated evil.

“The evil that men do lives after them;
The good {if such ever existed} is oft interred with their bones.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

RetiredParatrooper

(211 posts)
8. Won't be able to remove him
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:19 PM
12 hrs ago

Might be able to strip him of the Chief justice' title.

Yes, I am that petty with sub-par partisan hacks.

B.See

(8,713 posts)
9. Bigots and racists like Roberts
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:21 PM
12 hrs ago

out THEMSELVES. Sooner or later, EVERY time, in spite of posturing and pretenses to the contrary. Lewis saw it immediately. And I suspect those who empowered him saw it too..

debsy

(1,017 posts)
10. John Lewis was a great yet humble man
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:21 PM
12 hrs ago

He is sadly missed as are all those who gave so much to improve the lives of so many. The Republican Party is the party of regression. The Democratic Party must go all-in as the party of progress and we must fight like hell to maintain our democracy and kick those greedy bastards out!

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