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VIDEO: Civil Rights Leader Rep. John Lewis Says He Doesn't See Donald Trump as a 'Legitimate President'
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  • January 15, 2017

Civil Rights Leader Rep. John Lewis Says He Doesn't See Donald Trump as a 'Legitimate President'

Trump's Twitter response to Lewis, one of the original Freedom Riders and a civil rights giant, causes a backlash from Lewis supporters over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend.

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