Media throw John Lewis’ civil rights record in Trump’s face

“Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to……mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results,” Trump tweeted early Saturday. “All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. Sad!”

Almost immediately Trump was decried by members of the media for “insulting” the black Georgia lawmaker.

The New York Times’ Julie Davis reminded her Twitter followers that Lewis was “brutally beaten in civil rights struggle & boycotting inauguratn [sic], as ‘all talk talk talk-no action/results.'”

CNN politics reporter Jeremy Diamond shared a picture of Lewis from the 1960s when he led the Selma to Montgomery Marches. He said this is the “new face” of Trump’s “‘all talk, no action’ criticism.”

Lewis is “a hero,” wrote ThinkProgress’ Judd Legum. “Trump has sent a lot of reprehensible tweets. This is the worst.” Roping in the entire Republican Party, Legum said that “[a]ny Republican who doesn’t condemn shows true colors.”

CNN’s Keith Boykin took the time to share the Census statistics of Lewis’ district, Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, which he noted “represents a majority-black district where 88% of adults have high school diplomas and 41% have college degrees.”

MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin recommended that this would be a good time to read Lewis’ testimony at a federal hearing about being beaten during a civil rights march.

Political rivals also took the opportunity to rip the president-elect.

Evan McMullin, a conservative who ran a longshot independent campaign late in the presidential election, called Trump a draft dodger and said Trump isn’t capable of dreaming of the “selfless patriotism” Lewis showed in his fight for equality.

McMullin also called attention to the fact that it is Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.