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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt would have been a nice olive branch to have Elija Cummings there w/Pence, Individual-1
But no. You could see tRump pat the white man helping as they symbolically walked a few paces forward with him and the wreath. That would have been a nice gesture from a president to bring people together, but then we know Individual-1 has no intention of bringing Americans together.
Very unpresidential, if you ask me.
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Things did not go well when Trump and Pence tried to use MLK Day to distract from their government shutdown. http://ow.ly/FHcl30novgl
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It would have been a nice olive branch to have Elija Cummings there w/Pence, Individual-1 (Original Post)
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Jan 2019
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CurtEastPoint
(18,548 posts)1. Or MLK's protege, MY CONGRESSMAN, John Lewis! FFS.
catrose
(5,047 posts)2. YES! Not that he deserves to have to spend time in their company
but he could teach them a lot. If he were inclined to do so. If they would hear. (spoiler: They won't.)
brush
(53,467 posts)3. This charade is not helping their racist image at all.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,593 posts)4. He's got a feral ponytail...
Waving in the wind.
romainetarra
(51 posts)5. This seems very disrespectful.