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Orange Man skips John Lewis farewell at Capitol Rotunda, sends VP

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-29 06:17|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 spoke volumes

'Speaks volumes?' It does indeed. They obviously never cared for one another. The President refused to be a hypocrite by paying "respects" to the SOB, where there were none.

"Let the dead bury the dead."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-29 06:43|| 2020-07-29 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Why should an "illegitimate" president appear, after all? Good riddance, Lewis.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-29 06:53|| 2020-07-29 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 'civil rights icon' AKA neo-racist

turned a beating into a life-long shakedown of whitey

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-07-29 07:05|| 2020-07-29 07:05|| Front Page Top

#4 You mean to give credence to the party of slavery, segregation and the Klan. I thought all the 'cool' kids want to do away with anything associated with that.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-29 07:26|| 2020-07-29 07:26|| Front Page Top

#5 That and possibly didn't want the mobs of 'protesters' if he showed up to ruin the occasion for others.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-07-29 07:58|| 2020-07-29 07:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Why attend the funeral of a guy who was too petty to attend the President's inauguration?

Posted by Ebberegum Croling1752 2020-07-29 09:00|| 2020-07-29 09:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Instead of the 'coffin dance', they will do the 'COVID dance' instead?

He died of COVID-19 right?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-07-29 09:14|| 2020-07-29 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 Why attend the funeral of a guy who was too petty to attend the President's inauguration?
Posted by: Ebberegum Croling1752

Nor state of the union speechees.

Posted by jpal 2020-07-29 09:39|| 2020-07-29 09:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Ah musta missed it, too.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-29 09:49|| 2020-07-29 09:49|| Front Page Top

#10 John Lewis is being apotheosized to almost, but not quite to the level of George Floyd.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-07-29 09:55|| 2020-07-29 09:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, if the reason for going to a funeral is to show respect...

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-07-29 11:11|| 2020-07-29 11:11|| Front Page Top

#12 I thought funerals are incredibly dangerous and even against the law.

Conscience of the Congress - that supposed to be a compliment?

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-07-29 12:55|| 2020-07-29 12:55|| Front Page Top

#13 He knew it'd be the McCain Funeral 2: Electric Boogaloo.

At least he had the sense not to subject himself to that.

But missing was a man whose absence spoke volumes: President Donald Trump.

"Waah! Only we are allowed to piss all over the norms!"

Posted by charger 2020-07-29 13:00|| 2020-07-29 13:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Media seems to forgot John Lewis was screaming at Democrats in Selma Alabama.

Posted by Airandee 2020-07-29 14:24|| 2020-07-29 14:24|| Front Page Top

#15 The IRS cover man. Willing to bet no Tea Party members attended.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-07-29 16:52|| 2020-07-29 16:52|| Front Page Top

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