Don't Ask Don't Tell

Rep. Lewis On DADT: 'Vote Yes Because Discrimination Is Wrong' (VIDEO)

Rachel Slajda | December 15, 2010, 5:09PM

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) gave a brief but moving speech on the House floor today in favor of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Lewis, a Civil Rights activist who was beaten while marching from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, said a vote to end DADT is a vote to end discrimination.

"I have just two words for you, my colleagues: Vote yes ... Vote yes for equality. Vote yes because discrimination is wrong," he said. "Vote yes because on the battlefield it doesn't matter who you love, only the flag that you serve."

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John Lewis

Rep. Lewis' Office On US Attorney Story: Is It Wrong 'For Politicians To Be Involved In Politics?'

Justin Elliott | September 25, 2009, 4:14PM

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)

The office of Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) says the Wall Street Journal story suggesting the congressman improperly blocked a pick for US Attorney is no story at all.

In a statement given to TPMmuckraker, Lewis' office says all he did was offer his opinions in the case of Sally Yates, a Georgia prosecutor whose name was cut from a list of candidates sent to the White House by the state's Democratic congressmen.

Yates previously prosecuted a longtime friend of Lewis, Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell -- a fact Lewis' office says had nothing to do with "any reservations" he raised.

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U.S. Attorneys

Did Rep. Lewis Cross A Line In Objecting To U.S. Attorney Candidate?

Justin Elliott | September 21, 2009, 7:18PM

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)

The Wall Street Journal is out with a story suggesting Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) exerted untoward influence over a US Attorney pick for Georgia by blocking an experienced candidate who had prosecuted a longtime friend.

Is there anything to the story?

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