No matter how many times I read some far left pundit in the media who announces as fact something that could best be described as an obvious total fantasy, it still amazes me how often this happens. This happened again today when Russel Berman writing in The Atlantic described representative John Lewis as "the last unifying force in Congress." That's just plain idiotic.
For those who don't know, Lewis is a long time Democrat congressman who is prominent in the congressional black caucus. He just announced that he has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. That's a rather terrible diagnosis, but it doesn't make Lewis a unifying force.
In fact, two examples that Berman gives of Lewis as a uniter rather than a divider make the truth clear. Berman points out that in 2001, Lewis boycotted the inauguration of George W. Bush to protest the Supreme Court decision regarding the 2000 election. Then Berman points out that in 2017, Lewis boycotted the Trump inauguration and that his move really upset President Trump. Only to a left wing pundit could these moves make someone a unifying force.
Lewis has always been a rather strident force on the left. To be fair, Lewis has not been an angry person who took politics as personally as say Adam Schiff who seems never to care about truth, honesty or propriety. But Lewis has hardly been a unifying force.
For those who don't know, Lewis is a long time Democrat congressman who is prominent in the congressional black caucus. He just announced that he has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. That's a rather terrible diagnosis, but it doesn't make Lewis a unifying force.
In fact, two examples that Berman gives of Lewis as a uniter rather than a divider make the truth clear. Berman points out that in 2001, Lewis boycotted the inauguration of George W. Bush to protest the Supreme Court decision regarding the 2000 election. Then Berman points out that in 2017, Lewis boycotted the Trump inauguration and that his move really upset President Trump. Only to a left wing pundit could these moves make someone a unifying force.
Lewis has always been a rather strident force on the left. To be fair, Lewis has not been an angry person who took politics as personally as say Adam Schiff who seems never to care about truth, honesty or propriety. But Lewis has hardly been a unifying force.
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