Hillary Clinton

Her Sister

(6,444 posts) Thu Jun 23, 2016, 08:55 AM Jun 2016

The House Sit-In for the Vote on Gun Sense has nothing to do with Sen. Sanders. (HRC GP)

Sen Sanders did not invent non-violent protest. Sen. Sanders is not a key figure in the fight for gun-sense!
Sen. Sanders did not invent crowds outside.

Rep. John Lewis wrote the book, he did not need Sen. Sanders. As a matter of fact Sen. Sanders has not been a key presence in the Filibuster or in the Sit-in this week. Also he did not ask crowds to support the HOUSE Sit-IN!

Here on Rep. John Lewis:

John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and civil rights leader. He is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987, and is the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. The district includes the northern three-quarters of Atlanta.

Lewis is the only living "Big Six" leader of the Civil Rights Movement, having been the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), playing a key role in the struggle to end legalized racial discrimination and segregation. A member of the Democratic Party, Lewis is a member of the Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and has served as a Chief Deputy Whip since 1991 and Senior Chief Deputy Whip since 2003.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Georgia_politician)

The son of an Alabama sharecropper, and now a sixth-term United States Congressman, John Lewis has led an extraordinary life, one that found him at the epicenter of the civil rights movement in the late '50s and '60s. As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis was present at all the major battlefields of the movement. Arrested more than forty times and severely beaten on several occasions, he was one of the youngest yet most courageous leaders. Written with charm, warmth, and honesty, Walking with the Wind offers rare insight into the movement and the personalities of all the civil rights leaders-what was happening behind the scenes, the infighting, struggles, and triumphs. Lewis takes us from the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he led more than five hundred marchers on what became known as "Bloody Sunday." While there have been exceptional books on the movement, there has never been a front-line account by a man like John Lewis. A true American hero, his story is "destined to become a classic in civil rights literature." (Los Angeles Times)

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The House Sit-In for the Vote on Gun Sense has nothing to do with Sen. Sanders. (HRC GP) (Original Post) Her Sister Jun 2016 OP

I wrote this last September about Mr. Lewis JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #1

Oooh! Pretty great thread/read! Her Sister Jun 2016 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author metroins Jun 2016 #2

Many Sanders supporters are political newcomers. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #3

+1 BootinUp Jun 2016 #4

^^ This ^^ lamp_shade Jun 2016 #5

This pretty much. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #11

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #6

+1 William769 Jun 2016 #14

agreed! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #7

Just wait until Sanders is given credit for everything Hillary does as POTUS. NYC Liberal Jun 2016 #8

Sadly, you are probably right. Arkansas Granny Jun 2016 #9

I wish you weren't DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #12

"they just wished she'd shut up and behave as FLOTUS" NYC Liberal Jun 2016 #13

disgusting isn't it? DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #18

Hillary pushed Bernie to the left on Gun issues. Not far enough but at least he voted with us... Walk away Jun 2016 #16

Is Bernie trying to take credit for the Gun Protest in Congress???????? Walk away Jun 2016 #15

Not him but some of his supporters have. Her Sister Jun 2016 #22

. KMOD Jun 2016 #17

Nostalgic to look at this OP Post and thread! Her Sister Jun 2016 #19

lol KMOD Jun 2016 #20

I rec'd it! Her Sister Jun 2016 #21

So did I! NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #23

Pretty fun, right!? Her Sister Jun 2016 #24

Thanks for linking that thread, it cracked me up. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #29

Best gif ever! bravenak Jun 2016 #26

YEAR 2013: Congressman John Lewis adds arrest no. 45 - after Peaceful SIT-IN Capitol Her Sister Jun 2016 #25

The erasure is stunning bravenak Jun 2016 #27

Yes in 2013 got arrested for a sit-in in front of Capitol to try to advance immigration reform. Her Sister Jun 2016 #28

I think that is is ironic that some would credit Senator Sanders with the sit in. Yonnie3 Jun 2016 #30

JustAnotherGen

(33,552 posts)

1. I wrote this last September about Mr. Lewis

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:00 AM

Jun 2016

Dial Up warning - some great images of him to 'tell his story' -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/118726618

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

10. Oooh! Pretty great thread/read!

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:28 AM

Jun 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/118726618

Response to Her Sister (Original post)

metroins This message was self-deleted by its author.

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)

3. Many Sanders supporters are political newcomers.

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:09 AM

Jun 2016

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He's the only politician some of them have ever really paid attention to and much of that attention is recent. I think that's one reason why they don't seem to understand the history behind Rep. Lewis - or much of the history of the Democratic Party's leadership in these areas, for that matter.

BootinUp

(49,023 posts)

4. +1

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:10 AM

Jun 2016

lamp_shade

(15,092 posts)

5. ^^ This ^^

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:11 AM

Jun 2016

forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)

11. This pretty much.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:52 AM

Jun 2016

Thank our "left wing" media for producing mostly clickbait and not actual news or information. Also thank our schools for not teaching any kind of substantive political history.

Response to Her Sister (Original post)

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William769

(55,818 posts)

14. +1

Reply to Post removed (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 10:13 AM

Jun 2016

DemonGoddess

(5,123 posts)

7. agreed!

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:18 AM

Jun 2016

NYC Liberal

(20,347 posts)

8. Just wait until Sanders is given credit for everything Hillary does as POTUS.

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:20 AM

Jun 2016

Hillary will be solely blamed for every perceived "mistake", or "bad" action. But Sanders will be given credit for every one of her accomplishments. You can mark my words. "Bernie FORCED her to the left! Hillary would never have done X, Y, and Z if not for BERNIE!"

Arkansas Granny

(31,827 posts)

9. Sadly, you are probably right.

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:25 AM

Jun 2016

DemonGoddess

(5,123 posts)

12. I wish you weren't

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:55 AM

Jun 2016

but I think you're right.

What KILLS me is this "pushing to the left" bullshit. She's ALWAYS been to the left. How many of us remember "the powers that be" saying that they just wished she'd shut up and behave as FLOTUS? I sure as hell do.

I'm so very happy to see her campaigning the way she is, and SHOWING a bit more of HERSELF.

NYC Liberal

(20,347 posts)

13. "they just wished she'd shut up and behave as FLOTUS"

Reply to DemonGoddess (Reply #12)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 10:05 AM

Jun 2016

I saw that just the other day right here on DU in GDP. Hillary had no business sticking her nose into policy because she was not elected; she needed to just sit down and shut up.

DemonGoddess

(5,123 posts)

18. disgusting isn't it?

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 11:59 AM

Jun 2016

She's not ALLOWED to voice an opinion because she doesn't have the proper genitalia

Walk away

(9,494 posts)

16. Hillary pushed Bernie to the left on Gun issues. Not far enough but at least he voted with us...

Reply to DemonGoddess (Reply #12)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 10:18 AM

Jun 2016

for a change!

Walk away

(9,494 posts)

15. Is Bernie trying to take credit for the Gun Protest in Congress????????

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 10:15 AM

Jun 2016

He has stayed so far away from this issue it would be political suicide for anyone running for a Senate seat in a Blue State! Except of course a state that has so many "rural gun owners"

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

22. Not him but some of his supporters have.

Reply to Walk away (Reply #15)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:11 PM

Jun 2016

Here in my GD 2016 OP I give plenty examples throughout the thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512214344

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

17. .

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 11:46 AM

Jun 2016

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Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

19. Nostalgic to look at this OP Post and thread!

Reply to KMOD (Reply #17)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 12:18 PM

Jun 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251898549

You were right!

In any case your gif above is making me dizzy! lol!

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

20. lol

Reply to Her Sister (Reply #19)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:21 PM

Jun 2016

There's some funny as hell posts in that thread.

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

21. I rec'd it!

Reply to KMOD (Reply #20)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:23 PM

Jun 2016

Today! lol!

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

23. So did I!

Reply to Her Sister (Reply #21)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:09 PM

Jun 2016

Their predictive powers leave a lot to be desired!

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

24. Pretty fun, right!?

Reply to NastyRiffraff (Reply #23)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:34 PM

Jun 2016

A hoot !

Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)

29. Thanks for linking that thread, it cracked me up.

Reply to KMOD (Reply #20)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:48 PM

Jun 2016

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

26. Best gif ever!

Reply to KMOD (Reply #17)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:34 PM

Jun 2016

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

25. YEAR 2013: Congressman John Lewis adds arrest no. 45 - after Peaceful SIT-IN Capitol

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:33 PM

Jun 2016

2013

U.S. Rep. john Lewis, D-Atlanta, and seven other Democratic congressman were arrested today outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., during an immigration protest.

According to Lewis' office, the civil rights icon was arrested at approximately 4:15 p.m. Buzzfeed reports that Lewis and fellow Congressmen Joe Crowley, Raul Grijalva, Luis Gutierrez, Jan Schakowsky, Keith Ellison, Al Green, Charlie Rangel joined more than 100 activists and started a "peaceful sit-in blocking a street in the front of the Capitol." The protest was part of the Camino Americano Rally for Immigrant Dignity and Respect, an effort to restart immigration reform in Congress.

Lewis has been placed in handcuffs "at least" 45 times, his spokeswoman says. He was arrested more than 40 times during the Civil Rights Movement. Since serving in Congress, he's been arrested five times.

"He was arrested twice at the South African embassy protesting apartheid, twice at the Embassy of the Sudan protesting genocide in Darfur and today he was arrested to demand dignity and respect for immigrants," his office said.

http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2013/10/08/congressman-john-lewis-adds-arrest-no-45-at-least-to-rap-sheet