Georgia Congressman John Lewis just gave a stirring #ImpeachmentDay speech on the House floor that echoes the moral righteousness of the Civil Rights battles in which he fought:
"Madame Speaker, I rise with a heavy heart to support this resolution. ..." 1/5👇🏻
"Madame Speaker, I rise with a heavy heart to support this resolution. ..." 1/5👇🏻
Rep. John Lewis cont.: "When we came to Washington in 1961 to go on the Freedom Rides, we chose that day. When we came here on Aug. 28, 1963 for the March on Washington, it was joyful. We met with a young president—President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. ..." 2/5👇🏻
Rep. John Lewis: "When we came here on Aug. 6, 1965 for the signing of the Voting Rights Act, we were excited, hopeful. We met with President Lyndon Johnson. But today, this day, we didn’t ask for this. This is a sad day. It’s not a day of joy. ..." #impeachmentvote 3/5👇🏻
Rep. John Lewis: "Our nation is founded on the principle that we do not have kings. We have presidents. And the Constitution is our compass. When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something! To do something!" 👇🏻 4/5
Rep. Lewis: "Our children & their children will ask us, ‘What did you do...?’ For some, this vote may be hard. But we have a mission & a mandate to be on the right side of history.”
As a man nearly beaten to death in Selma, he knows something about the right side of history. 5/5
As a man nearly beaten to death in Selma, he knows something about the right side of history. 5/5
