Trump attacks African-American lawmaker and civil rights activist.
US President-elect Donald Trump used Twitter to attack Democratic Representative John Lewis of Georgia, who said he believed Russian hackers helped Trump, a Republican, get elected in November; Trump tweeted that Lewis was falsely complaining about the election results and instead "should spend more time fixing and helping his district, which is in terrible shape and falling apart (not to mention the crime infestation)."
Reuters - US President-elect Donald Trump began the long holiday honoring Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by responding to another African-American activist, a politician who said he did not consider Trump a "legitimate president."
Democratic Representative John Lewis of Georgia, in a segment of "Meet the Press" broadcast by NBC on Friday, said he believes the actions of Russian hackers helped Trump, a Republican, get elected in November. Lewis said he does not intend to attend Trump's inauguration on January 20, the first time he will miss such an event since being elected to the House in 1986.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted that Lewis was falsely complaining about the election results and instead "should spend more time fixing and helping his district, which is in terrible shape and falling apart (not to mention the crime infestation)."
The congressman, a civil rights leader for more than half a century, was beaten by police at a march he helped organize in 1965 in Selma, Alabama, drawing attention to the difficulty Black people faced in voting. He protested alongside King that day and on other occasions.