John Lewis is a shell of the Civil Rights Icon he is lauded to be. Lewis, along with the late Hosea Williams, were not masterminds that planed the grand strategy of the CR movement of the 1950's and 60's. Lewis was not Andrew Young or Ralph David Abernathy. Rather, Lewis and Williams were the agitators. King sent them ahead to locations he would march and speak to rile up the people in advance of King's visits. That's why you have these stories about Lewis getting firehosed, dog bitten and arrested. He was stirring up civil disturbance.
Lewis is not eloquent, and is a pawn of the Democratic machine that trots him out anytime they need to make a racial statement because they want to make him above criticism.
I will say this about Trump, he is not quite accurate about Lewis' district. While it is not Beverly Hills, it is no Chicago or Detroit. His District doesn't have serious decay and crime that other major urban Districts have. Also, Lewis is better ignored than battled with in a Twitter war. Don't waste the energy and give him more than one 24 hour news cycle. Ignore him and Pelosi puts him back on the shelf until needed next time.
