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Donald Trump Calls Civil Rights Icon/Congressman John Lewis 'All Talk No Action'


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Published Jan 14, 2017

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Lewis, whose work on civil rights int he 1960s earned him international acclaim, is the latest target of Donald Trump's tweets.

 

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