John Lewis NEVER met Bernie.....?

[Ferd Berfel]

first google image hit on: John Lewis Bernie Sanders - There are a bunch form that day on google

Ok, recent but....

[nichomachus]

1. BUSTED!

[Duckhunter935]

4. Bernie photoshopped it

[Lucinda]

2. During the civil rights era.....jeez people. n/t

[CentralMass]

3. :-)

[Kalidurga]

5. He meant during the civil rights era in the mid sixties and in a specific geographic location.

Bernie lived in Chicago at the time and was doing events there. Lewis I believe lived in the DC area at the time. So, I am not sure how they would have met.

[cascadiance]

10. So then he meet Hillary when she was in high school and campaigning for Goldwater...

... who was busy campaigning AGAINST the Civil Rights Act and voting AGAINST the Civil Rights Act! Or perhaps when she was a leader of the Republican group as a freshman at Wellesley College. And she did have a choice there to be a Democrat as this video probably indicates...

[Kalidurga]

11. Exactly

He met Hill and Bill when they were in their teens. And while Hillary was still trying to fight her way out of the darkness of conservatism. Unfortunately I think she has lost the fight.

[dchill]

6. Of course he's met Bernie...

We're just supposed to think that's what he meant. It's called obfuscation. It's not a lie.

Get that? It's NOT a lie... if you believe it.

[Beacool]

7. Please, don't be disingenuous.

That photo is from last year. Lewis was obviously referring to the 60s.

[Fumesucker]

9. Exactly, the 60s when he met Bill and Hillary...

[Dragonfli]

13. Now, now - It must have taken great courage for two teenagers ( one who wore a Goldwater pin)

To meet with and get involved with Lewis in the marches during that struggle. I Also think Hillary deserves Kudos for wearing a "Goldwater Girl" pin "ironically" as she was decades ahead of the trend now typified by our current younger generation to wear tings "ironically".

I wonder if there romance actually started much earlier than thought, running away from home in secret to become civil rights activists, it sounds legendarily romantic.

[Fumesucker]

17. Hitchiking across country together, it must have been quite an adventure

It's a pity they have never chosen to share such a stunningly romantic story with their many, many fans.

[jberryhill]

18. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike

They were inspired by a song that Simon & Garfunkel would record in the future.

[Fumesucker]

19. Now that I have sufficiently recovered to type again

That was cromulent.

[jberryhill]

12. "...but I met Hillary." In the 60s?

How does that even make sense?

"I never saw him. I never met him. I was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed (the) voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President (Bill) Clinton."

Okay, since he was "obviously referring to the 60s" can you explain where and when he met the Clintons?

Because the word "but" is generally used to indicate contrast.

[dreamnightwind]

14. +1

Weaselly words from a legitimate civil rights icon, hard to watch this unfold. I will never think of him the same again.

[sadoldgirl]

8. Did he really say "never'?

If so, either one of them must not have attended
many meetings in the House.

[jberryhill]

15. When he says "never" re: Bernie, it means the 60's when he says "met" re: Clintons, it doesn't

Clear?

[bigwillq]

16. That's not Bernie

Where is his book?