Democratic House Representative John Lewis was a civil rights leader awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and famous for playing a key role in ending legalized…
Netizens slammed US President Donald Trump for commenting on the death of Representative John Lewis, a prominent civil rights leader who died from cancer on 17 July at the age of 80.
Throughout the day, there had been no statements from the president, and the head of the Congressional Black Caucus, Karen Bass, urged him to let it stay that way, asking Trump to “say nothing” and “let us mourn in peace”.
Trump, however, expressed his and the first lady’s condolences toward Lewis’ family in a laconic tweet which immediately received backlash – both for the fact of publication and for a misspelling of “him and his family”.
Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing. Melania and I send our prayers to he and his family.
Users were particularly enraged with Trump “playing golf today instead of saying anything”, while some reports said that he had tweeted from his motorcade while heading back to the White House from his golf club.
