John Lewis Quotes About Elections

Quotes about: Elections

• We're not questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the election. You didn't have Republicans questioning whether or not [Barack] Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008.

  John Lewis

  Outcomes, Election, Republican

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I happen to believe that this election year [2016] is...one of the most important elections that we're going to face in a very long time. I know we hear from time to time that every election is important. This one is very, very important.

  John Lewis

  Believe, Years, Long

  "John Lewis marches on: "Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America"". Interview with Philip Eil, www.salon.com. August 8, 2016.

• No one can say that this was the decisive and [Russians hacking ] was what elected [Donald] Trump, but clearly his behavior during the campaign in terms of what he said in the week or two before the election was unacceptable.

  John Lewis

  Two, Campaigns, Hacking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think the administration can do a lot of good by telling folks that are on their side of the aisle, look, we may have lost the election on the Democrat side, but it's time to come together.

  John Lewis

  Thinking, Together, Sides

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• DNI director [James] Clapper said as much many, many times, that there is no evidence that any outcome of the election was changed.

  John Lewis

  Directors, Outcomes, Election

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• For a person [like John Lewis] that is a champion of voter rights to question whether or not Donald Trump legitimately won an election or not is an incredible position to take five days before an inauguration.

  John Lewis

  Rights, Champion, Voters

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• That's where the outrage should be, not old news, but the fact that we are preparing for the transfer of power. and we have been working with President [Barack] Obama, hand in glove, and I think that they - including the president - should step up and get his people in line and tell them to grow up and accept the fact that they lost the election.

  John Lewis

  Growing Up, Thinking, Hands

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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