Day after POTUS Donnie speaks at the NRA convention, Rep John Lewis holds an anti-gun rally – PB/TK
John Lewis rallies gun control advocates as NRA convention continues Saturday in Atlanta – By Kristina Torres
Atlanta’s U.S. Rep. John Lewis urged a cheering crowd to “be brave, be bold,” in pushing for gun control, while declining to say President Donald Trump’s name out loud while referencing the president’s visit Friday to the NRA conference.
“I must say to the NRA that you are not welcome here in the 5th district, you are not welcome here in Atlanta,” Lewis said. “We need to make our cities, our states, our neighborhoods free of gun violence.”
“The man who came yesterday and spoke, it was the first time since Ronald Reagan that (a president) would come to speak to the NRA,” Lewis said. “Sometime you have to get angry, you have to have a sense of righteous indignation. Well, I have it, I’m fired up.”
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