Social media erupts after Dem senator compares `political stunt` to civil rights leader: `Woke insult`
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse faced immediate blowback on Thursday in response to a social media post where he compared his Democratic colleague's outburst at a press conference to the work of Civil Rights pioneer and late Congressman John Lewis.
Shortly after Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was and handcuffed during a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles amid anti-ICE rioting, Sen. Whitehouse posted a photo of the incident alongside a historic photo of Lewis being confronted by police officers after being attacked by a mob at a South Carolina bus station.
Люис беше задържан над 40 пъти по време на придвижването за цивилен права и беше съществена фигура през доста видни моменти от епохата, в това число возилата на свободата, говорейки на похода на Вашингтон и участвайки в Селма до маршовете на Монтгомъри в Алабама.
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