While talking about the legacy of the late civil rights activist John Lewis, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham tried to claim that what he was fighting for and what the Black Lives Matter movement is fighting for are two different things.
During an interview with Fox News, Graham tried to paint Black Lives Matter as an extremist group that wants to hurt America.
“John was known for causing, ‘good trouble.’ That’s what he described the civil rights movement — ‘good trouble.’ Peaceful protest, being hit in the head for a worthy cause. That’s different than what you see playing out in the streets of the United States,” Graham argued.
“I think John Lewis loved America, he wanted to make it better. What you see happening today here is people who hate America and want to change it,” the South Carolina Republican declared. “Big difference, but he will be missed.”
Lindsey Graham: I think John Lewis loved America. He wanted to make it better. What you see happening today here is people who hate America and want to change it. Big difference pic.twitter.com/AkN4AnDFKZ
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) July 19, 2020
As we all know, Lewis was a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and publicly stated so.
In June, he specifically described the protests as “good trouble” during an interview on “CBS This Morning.”
“It was very moving, very moving to see hundreds of thousands of people from all over America and around the world take to the streets — to speak up, to speak out, to get into what I call ‘good trouble,’” he said.
The congressman’s last public event was a visit to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC.
Civil rights leader and Democratic Rep. John Lewis visited the "BLACK LIVES MATTER" street banner recently painted outside of the White House, alongside Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser. https://t.co/Blm2wZ8zzK pic.twitter.com/ikAHonI0Gu
— ABC News (@ABC) July 18, 2020
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