What has Lewis done since then?

George Rebane

Black congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis hasn’t done much if anything for black folks since he joined the legislative gravy train in Washington, so maintains Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute (here).  What Lewis has done lately is become leader of the de facto Democrat Party’s drive to delegitimize Donald Trump’s election as the nation’s 45^th president.  Such a concerted nationwide initiative is a potentially destabilizing first in the modern history of our country. 

But what Mr Riley makes us aware of (here) is that Congressman Lewis is nothing more than another well promoted black leader who has successfully demagogued his Atlanta constituents as have so many others in Congress whose home districts, all under decades of black Democrat control, continue to languish economically and educationally.  These political leaders have gained enormously from keeping their charges in a plantation mentality – poor and ignorant – and they are not about to let go of their oh so sweet sinecures.

In response to Lewis’ charge of his "illegitimate" election, Trump’s recent tweet clearly pointed out Lewis’ record as a lawmaker.  And with his civil rights heroism historically secure, the question that still stands is –

… what do Mr. Lewis’s mostly black constituents in Atlanta have to show for his time in Washington representing them? Atlanta has one of the widest gaps in the country between high- and low-income households, according to the Brookings Institution. A 2015 report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that although Atlanta “is considered an economic powerhouse and ‘black mecca,’ its wealth and promise don’t extend to many of its residents, particularly those of color, who struggle to make ends meet, get family-supporting jobs and access quality education.” The study found that incomes for Atlanta’s white residents were more than triple those of blacks; the high school graduation rate was 57% for blacks and 84% for whites; and black unemployment in Atlanta was 22%, versus a city average of 13% and a white rate of 6%.

Atlanta also hasn’t avoided the surge in violent crime that has hit other major cities in recent years. Last summer the mayor announced the creation of a task force to reduce gun violence, and in November the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the city had been named “one of America’s top 25 murder capitals, according to the latest data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report.”

And to the point that John Lewis is part of what may be termed the nation’s black leadership plague, Jason Riley observes that -

Mr. Lewis’s poor record is not unique among black politicians with large black constituencies. Atlanta has had black Democratic mayors pushing liberal policies for decades, and blacks have been well-represented as city councilmen and in the top echelons of the police department and school system. Much the same is true of other major cities with large black populations—Baltimore, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington—which are lagging economically, notwithstanding black political clout from Congress down to the local school board.  This is what Republicans mean when they say black voters have been getting little in return for their steadfast loyalty to Democrats.

Comments

[Todd Juvinall]

All true and of course Jason, who is black will be attacked as a "Uncle Tom" and hater of his color. I think there is a day of reckoning for all these "civil rights" "heroes". The plight of their people in their charge is dismal. But the ones who succeed, Ben Carson, Clarence Thomas, Steve Harvey etal will become the examples. Lewis's fame has run its course. Young blacks want more than what is dished out by him and his ilk. They want a normal, safe life just like the rest of us. So the Trumism's will continue as he responds to the lame attacks by the old democrat guardians of failure.

[Don Bessee]

This could be filed in the don't throw stones if you live in a glass house; The chief of staff for Lewis acted as Lewis's campaign treasurer in 2015-16 according to FEC records. That's expressly forbidden in the House ethics rules. In the ethics handbook they even use treasurer as the example of what you can not do as a paid congressional staffer. No wonder he is skipping another Republican inauguration. ;-)

[Russ]

Former Black Panther: ‘Illegitimate Congressman’ John Lewis ‘Presided Over Destruction Of Black People’

Black Panther-turned conservative author and activist Mason Weaver says after taking a beating for civil rights, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) joined his “oppressors” in the Democratic Party and has since assisted in the “destruction of black America.”

“He was fighting Democrats. And after they beat his behind on the [Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965] and ran over him and stumped him in the ground, he got up and turned and joined,” Weaver said Monday on Tucker Carlson Tonight.

“He joined the oppressors and became a stooge for them,” Weaver said of Lewis, who is “now sitting and presiding over the destruction of the black community; the destruction of black men; the destruction of black women, with drugs and gangs.”

“He more concerned about Trump being the illegitimate President,” Weaver said, “but John Lewis is the illegitimate Congressman.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/17/former-black-panther-illegitimate-congressman-john-lewis-presided-destruction-black-people/

[Bill Tozer]

Self-advice: “There have been visible signs of disrespect for [Obama]. And I’ve always said if you don’t respect the man, respect the position.” —John Lewis, January 2016

[Bill Tozer]

Todd @ 12:29 pm

This will not make the Congressional Black Caucus happy.

http://conservative101.com/breaking-clarence-thomas-announces-shocking-inauguration-surprise-trump-team-is-stunned/

[Todd Juvinall]

John Lewis and his 68 pals from the inner cities they govern are making a huge mistake but that is on them. Just a bunch of little babies. Still on the plantation. And they don't get that we see they are.

[Todd Juvinall]

The white racist John Smith who posts on the racially charged Pelline blog is sooo funny. I bet he has never known a black person. But that does not stop idiots like him to comment on race issues.

You cannot make this stuff up! What a hoot!

[Bill Tozer]

John Lewis is simply having another senior moment. His memory fails him on occasion for the last 50 years. Do you really expect him to remember Bush II swearing in or what he said way back on Jan 14th, 2017? I believe we expecting too much from our elderly statesman.

I also believe he is afflicted with delusions of grandeur and an over inflated sense of self importance.. Happens to a lot of people who hit the bottle. Makes you think you are nine feet tall.

https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1010501319083905/?type=3&theater

[Todd Juvinall]

BillT, his district is a total mess. Welfare and food stamps are all he ever brought there. No jobs, no hope, lots of gangs killing each other. The man is a disgrace now.

[Bill Tozer]

Oh, he has done one thing. He has made sure that young children and young people are forced to go to schools that had failed our next generation

Name one thing Lewis or any lib has every done for our schools? Anything good I mean.