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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC Jan 16

    Rep. John Lewis says Donald Trump would not have been elected had Martin Luther King, Jr. been alive at the time: "Dr. King would have been able to lead us to a different place." http://abcn.ws/2FHKgM1 pic.twitter.com/FSYi9DqAM4

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      1. dave barrow‏ @worrabd50 Jan 16
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        Dr. King would have voted for Donald trump if he was still alive.

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      1. Joel‏ @Happyja Jan 16
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        If Martin Luther King were alive today he would be a Republican because Democrats do nothing for minorities besides calling people racist. He would have expected more.

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      1. carmen_allgood‏ @carmen_allgood Jan 16
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        Fifty years is a long time to determine what might have happened if someone had not been killed. Details.

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      1. CMac‏ @ConnieNicarr Jan 16
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        I bet MLK, would have been, Trump's chosen, Vice President.

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      1. Ron Nicholas‏ @realronnicholas Jan 16
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        I'm sure he'd be ecstatic that black unemployment rate is the lowest in history

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      1. David Peters Esq.‏ @DavidPe32257000 Jan 16
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        The dead do not speak, is this person trying to be a spirit medium? Stop using his legacy for selfish political ends!

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      1. d  🇺🇸  🔔  🗽‏ @dougalpollux Jan 16
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        sounds like MLK would've distanced himself from Lewis as much as possible

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      2. Millenni-ills‏ @millenni_ills Jan 16
        Replying to @ABC

        Why is this hypothetical situation relevant or newsworthy?

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      1. Crosspatch‏ @VictorB123 Jan 16
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        Translation: If things were different, they just wouldn't be the same.

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      1. James F. Manino‏ @f_manino Jan 16
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        Hay John out are really really stupid!!!!!!

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      1. Jerdy James‏ @cherrymacadamia Jan 16
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        THIS guy Lewis needs a cognitive test. Talk about slooooooooooow.

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      1. True American‏ @1w23d Jan 16
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        This guy cracks me up and this show to.

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      1. stevebump44‏ @stevebump44 Jan 16
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        Lewis plasticPelosi’s miad

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      1. Charles E. Blair‏ @CharlesEBlair1 Jan 16
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        Rightfully so!

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      1. necieozzz13  🌱 🐾 🌱 🌲 🐏 🐖 🐠 🐄‏ @denise_osborne Jan 16
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        Yespic.twitter.com/sqKvyWcFzg

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      1. Chad Breiner‏ @cbreiner24 Jan 16
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        Mlk worked to create equality, these race baiters of today look to profit from the unrest. Pathetic.

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      1. OOLJEEohanzee‏ @AlsoomseAngeni Jan 16
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        He just likes to hear himself bi*ch

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      1. henry knouse‏ @henry3158 Jan 16
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        I agree 100 percent.

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