John Lewis Laid to Rest in Atlanta, Funeral Service Live Stream
... who all spoke before Obama delivered his eulogy for the longtime Congressman and Civil Rights leader.
Obama went after Trump without naming him, saying, “Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities, and students with restrictive ID laws and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision; even undermining the postal service in the run-up to an election that’s going to be depending on mail-in ballots so people don’t get sick.
Obama had opened his tribute to Lewis, saying ... “It a great honor to be back in Ebenezer Baptist Church in the pulpit of its greatest pastor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to pay my respects to perhaps his finest disciple.”Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush sat near the front row as they paid their respects. Bush spoke first, saying ...
President Clinton was up next and warmly quipped,"I must say, for a fella that got his start speaking to chickens John’s gotten a pretty finely organized and orchestrated and deeply deserved sendoff this last week.”
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