According to CNN White House reporter Jeremy Diamond, Donald Trump still holds a grudge against the late John Lewis and that’s why he has been silent about his death.
Trump has offered a two-sentence tweet condolence for Lewis offering his prayers “he [sic] and his family.”
And as Diamond notes, that’s just about all Trump will say about the civil rights icon.
“President Trump notably feuded with Congressman Lewis before he was inaugurated as president in January of 2017,” said Diamond. “And it appears that President Trump still isn’t able to get past that.” He added that it is telling that Vice President Mike Pence quickly released a statement, calling him a “giant of the civil rights movement whose selflessness and conviction rendered our nation into a more perfect union.”
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“It’s extremely rare to see the vice president put out any kind of statement before the president does,” said Diamond. “And so that appears to be where things stand.”
Take a look at his remarks below:
