Atlanta to Trump: ‘How dare you!’
The Atlanta Constitution is expressing the sentiments of their community.
Atlanta’s largest newspaper the Journal-Constitution took aim at President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday, blasting him for attacking U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and for disparaging the congressman’s district.
“Atlantans responded with an incredulous ‘how dare you!’” said the first line of Sunday’s top story, according to Mediaite.com.
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Former reality TV star Trump attacked Lewis on Twitter, saying that his urban Atlanta district is in “horrible shape and falling apart” and that Lewis has accomplished nothing in his long legislative career.
“A stunned Atlanta, along with admirers of John Lewis from across the country, took to social media to harshly criticize the remarks,” said the Journal. “They characterized Trump as clueless about everything from Atlanta’s thriving intown neighborhoods to the beating Lewis took years ago as he marched in Alabama for voting rights. Brushing off the accomplishments of Lewis, who is widely revered by many Americans well beyond Georgia, went too far, they said.”
Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed tweeted, “John Lewis is an American hero & a national treasure. Period. Full stop.”
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