President-elect Donald Trump responded to John Lewis saying he’s not a “legitimate president,” and what he said got quite a lot of Twitter blowback.
Lewis invoked Russia yesterday in explaining his comment, and this is how Trump responded:
A lot of Democratic members of Congress were quick to fire back:
Even the Republican senator who reached out to Lewis last night about why he should attend the inauguration expressed that Trump went too far:
And more reactions came flooding in:
UPDATE –– 12:12 pm ET: Another Democrat standing by Lewis announced he would be boycotting the inauguration too:
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