The NYT Irresponsibly Spins the Trump, Lewis Spat

way2convey · Jan 17, 2017

Days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump is engaged in a high-profile feud with some of the countrys most prominent African-American leaders, setting off anger in a constituency already wary of him after a contentious presidential campaign.

Mr. Trumps criticism of Representative John Lewis of Georgia, a widely admired leader of the civil rights movement, has prompted a number of Democratic lawmakers to say they will not attend his inauguration on Friday.

Blacks around the country have reacted to Mr. Trumps remarks with fury, and the subject has dominated social media and discussions among black activists. Mr. Trump said on Saturday on Twitter that Mr. Lewis, who asserted last week that Mr. Trump was not a legitimate president, should focus on his district and the burning and crime infested inner-cities.

The angry reaction is driven not only by Mr. Trumps Twitter posts but by what many blacks say they reveal about the president-elects lack of understanding of the reverence with which the civil rights movement and its leaders are viewed by African-Americans.

I dont think we have ever had a president so publicly condescending to what black politics means, said Mark Anthony Neal, an African and African-American studies professor at Duke University......................
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/us/politics/trumps-race-john-lewis.html?_r=0

You can read the entire article, which by the way isn't an OP, it's in the Politic's section, and there's zero reference to Blacks who supported Trump, zero. In fact, there's nothing in the article that doesn't support the Times position which they reveal in the first few sentences; President-elect Donald J. Trump is engaged in a high-profile feud with some of the countrys most prominent African-American leaders, setting off anger in a constituency already wary of him after a contentious presidential campaign.

That's spin, pure & simple. Trump engaged Lewis after Lewis went on NBC & stated he doesn't think Trump's a legit president. That's the simple fact of the matter. Simply put, Lewis attacked Trump & Trump responded. So, when the Times states Trump's engaged in high-profile feud with prominent Black leaders, the truth is THEY are engaged in a feud with him, not the other way around. And, to support the spin the times pulls a quote from a Black professor; I dont think we have ever had a president so publicly condescending to what black politics means. So, where's the evidence to support such a claim? Well, it's not in the Times, that's for sure.

The article is littered with pull quotes, some uglier than others, but none offering much in way of substance. They're all racially constructed, bitterly anti-Trump and clearly purposed to support & justify racial backlash against Trump. Pathetically irresponsible.

waltky · Jan 19, 2017

Ex-Black Panther Mason Weaver disavows Congressman John Lewis...

Former Black Panther: John Lewis Is the Illegitimate Congressman
January 17, 2017 In an interview with Fox News Tucker Carlson Tonight, former Black Panther Mason Weaver said Monday that Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who was brutally beaten during a march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965, was demonstrating against Democrats at the time, then he later joined the oppressors in presiding over the destruction of the black community.

Mr. Lewis, you have presided over the destruction of black America, and you owe us an apology, and matter of fact, hes more concerned about Trump being the illegitimate president. Well, John Lewis is the illegitimate congressman, Weaver said. In the early 70s and late 60s, we were demonstrating and protesting for the right to compete as adult citizens in America. We were not demonstrating to be taken care of, said Weaver. Weaver said the black community was protesting the policies of Democrats, citing then Democrat Alabama Gov. George Wallace and Bull Connor, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission. Now Congressman Lewis, he marched across the Pettus Bridge, and they beat him and ran over him, but those were Democrats. It was Democrat George Wallace [who] stood at the schoolhouse yard. It was Democrats Bull Connor that oppressed folks. It was Democrats that voted for the litmus test called a literacy test and a poll tax. He was fighting Democrats, but after they beat his behind on that bridge and ran over him and stomped him in the ground, he got up and turned and joined them, Weaver said.

Weaver said Lewis joined the oppressors and became a stool to them where he was now sitting and presiding over the destruction of the black community, the destruction of the black men, the destruction of the black woman with drugs and gangs. Weaver also said that Lewis has presided over the worst school system in the world. Im outraged that the demonstration that he had earlier in his life has turned into a subjugation of his rights and authority at the black leader, Weaver said of Lewis. So when you say he has presided over, are you speaking of his congressional district? Carlson asked. Not just his congressional district, but the Congressional communist Black Caucus that has every district they own and control is a ghetto hell hole. Its a place that no one wants to go to. Theyre in control of every inner city school system, every inner city police, every inner city jail, Weaver said. They have produced nothing but drugs and misery. Black-owned businesses, black-owned housing has been produced. They have presided over the destruction of black people. They should be ashamed of themselves, and I dont understand why any black person could be a Democrat, he said.

So you believe that John Lewis when he gets up and says anything is already discredited because of what hes failed to do since the Civil Rights era? Carlson asked. He has done nothing. If John Lewis bless his heartyou know it took courage to do what he did in his early life, but he has done now, he has turned himself to his enemy like a little girl being beaten by daddy and joins daddy, like an abused woman beaten by her husband, she joins the husband. He has joined the enemy, said Weaver. He has joined the oppressor, and what he should doif youre a real man, John Lewis, if youre a real, real hero, you stand up tomorrow morning and you look at the American people, and you apologize. You have led them through decades of hell. You should apologize, say you made a mistake, say that you tried to work with them, but the Democratic Party has always been the party of abuse, always been the party of the Klan, the party that went to war to keep slaves, the party thats always been the destruction of black people, Weaver added. Mr. Lewis, you have presided over the destruction of black America, and you owe us an apology, and matter of fact, hes more concerned about Trump being the illegitimate president. Well, John Lewis is the illegitimate congressman, he said.

You dont believe that John Lewis is doing this on purpose or the other members of the Congressional Black Caucus are doing this on purpose, do you? Tucker asked. Weaver said all hes seen is that Lewis has gotten richer, and his people have gotten poorer, and the same goes for the Congressional Black Caucus. The Black Caucus has gotten more power and influence, and the black people theyre presiding over has gotten poorer more drugs, more gangs, less business, less homeownership, less education, more jail, more drugs. Now if you did that in your job, youd be fired. If you did that in any place else, youd be fired, Weaver said. The worst black people are, the poorer we are, the stronger the Congressional Black Caucus is. The more powerful Democrats are - the worse off black people are. So Im just saying as a citizen in America, looking around my country, Im saying that every place you find black people and Democrats, you find poverty. Now, Im waiting for someone to say where Im wrong. You find disgrace, Weaver said. You find no jobs. You find a place that is utterly unlivable. Thats his legacy, Weaver said about Lewis.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...john-lewis-illegitimate-congressman-protested
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way2convey · Jan 19, 2017

waltky said: ↑

Ex-Black Panther Mason Weaver disavows Congressman John Lewis...

Former Black Panther: ‘John Lewis Is the Illegitimate Congressman’
January 17, 2017 – In an interview with Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” former Black Panther Mason Weaver said Monday that Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who was brutally beaten during a march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965, was demonstrating against Democrats at the time, then he later “joined the oppressors” in “presiding over the destruction of the black community.”
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True. Every word is true. Lewis has ridden the coattails of his Selma days into a lucrative political career. His district, although not quite in the dismal shape Trump alluded to, isn't a poster child for success, either. Bottom line is this, Lewis is an activist. He's not that bright, but he is loyal to his liberal masters who gave him his talking points & set the stage for his appearance on NBC. He's a pawn, a liberal slave, an intellectual midget, but a well paid one.

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