![]() Saturday also marked the biggest single-day gain in followers for the account: 60,000 new followers. Since about midday on Friday there have been about 1.5 million tweets that mention Lewis, with peak traffic hitting 3,000 tweets in just one minute Saturday morning, Twitter said Sunday. Not that there was any shortage of comment or action on Twitter itself. Lewis declined to comment on Trump's tweets. I thought I was going to die," he tweeted earlier this year on the march's anniversary. "I was hit in the head by a State Trooper. He's regarded as an icon of the fight for equality. In 1965, he participated in the Selma-Montgomery march, during which he was beaten and suffered a fractured skull. During the civil rights movement, Lewis was a leader of protests against racial segregation. Trump also said that Britain’s decision to leave the 28-nation EU would “end up being a great thing,” and he predicted that other countries would also leave.And then there's the notion of Lewis being all talk. president-elect’s view that NATO was obsolete and his criticism that European allied members aren’t paying their fair share had “caused astonishment.” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the U.S. Trump’s tweets have stirred things up internationally, as well.Įuropean Union nations bracing for Trump’s ascension showed defiance Monday in the face of the president-elect’s stinging comments on everything from NATO and German cars to the crumbling of the European Union. ![]() ![]() And Betsy Devos, Trump’s pick for education secretary, has a confirmation hearing Tuesday evening. Ryan Zinke of Montana was scheduled to make his case to be interior secretary. Trump, who canceled a planned trip to Washington, spent the day inside the Manhattan skyscraper that bears his name.Īlso this week, Trump’s picks for Cabinet posts continue their trek to Capitol Hill to win support from lawmakers considering their confirmation for Cabinet positions. The Martin Luther King holiday is meant to honor community service and volunteerism, and many Americans, including President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama spend part of the day undertaking a service project in their community. He has not exhibited the characteristics or the values that we hold dear.” Steve Cohen, who said Monday “this president ‘semi-elect’ does not deserve to be president of the United States. More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress have said they will sit out the Trump swearing-in ceremony. Lewis said he would boycott Friday’s inauguration. The congressman said late last week he didn’t consider Trump a “legitimate president,” blaming Russian interference in the election. Trump, who struggled for support from minority voters on Election Day, briefly joined King in the lobby of Trump Tower but ignored reporters’ shouted questions about his comments on Lewis, a civil rights legend in his own right. “I think we also have to consistently engage with pressure, public pressure,” King said. The younger King downplayed the incident Monday, saying that “in the heat of emotion a lot of things get said on both sides.” King, who said he pressed Trump on the need for voting reform to increase participation, called their meeting “constructive.” King said that while he disagreed with the president-elect’s comments where Lewis is concerned, he believes “at some point in this nation, we’ve got to move forward.” ![]()
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