Obama uses John Lewis eulogy to preview his Biden campaign strategy

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It may have been civil rights hero John Lewis’s funeral, but Barack Obama made President Trump the center of attention. In a fiery eulogy for the late Georgia congressman, the former president unloaded on his successor, previewing the strategy Obama will likely use as he ramps up campaigning for Joe Biden.

“Bull Conner may be gone, but today, we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of black Americans,” Obama declared. “George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.”

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