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I think [James Comey] should take a hard look at what he has done. And I think it would not be a bad thing for the American people if he did step down.

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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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We have so many issues today that we need to confront. Comprehensive immigration reform. We have to solve the issue of poverty, the issue of hunger, the issue of war - spending billions of dollars to kill rather than to build. We have to deal with the fact that all of our children should be receiving the best possible education.
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I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution. You can get involved!
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I would like to think that we have made much more progress, that we've come much further, to have someone like a Donald Trump to emerge as the nominee of a major political party.
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I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].
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I think right now, the focus has got to be on how we hold [Donald] Trump accountable.
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My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.
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