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Former 2012 Presidential Candidate Herman Cain dies at 74 after Coronavirus Battle

In this June 20, 2014, photo, Herman Cain, CEO, The New Voice, speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington. AP

Story by Syracuse
Written by Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com

2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is dead at age 74 after a battle with the Coronavirus.

“Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away,” wrote Dan Calabrese on Cain’s website Thursday. “Herman was 74. Although he was basically pretty healthy in recent years, he was still in a high-risk group because of his history with cancer.”

Cain, a former pizza company executive and co-chair of Black Voices for Trump, was hospitalized in early July two weeks after attending President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He tested positive for Covid-19 and was taken to an Atlanta-area hospital with “serious” symptoms.

Calabrese said it was unclear where Cain contracted the deadly virus, as he “did a lot of traveling” over the previous week. Cain did not meet with President Trump at the Tulsa event, which health officials said was a “likely” source of a coronavirus surge in Oklahoma.

Cain, a former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, was prominent figure in the 2012 presidential race with the 9-9-9 plan to simplify the tax code. On the campaign trail, he spoke about being diagnosed in 2006 with stage 4 liver cancer and his doctors giving him slim hope for long-term survival.

He remained involved in politics for years, most recently serving as a commentator for conservative news outlets.

Video on Historic Government, DNC, and RNC Policies against African-Americans

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The voice of the late Rep. John Lewis echoes in the Capitol during ceremony - The late Georgia congressman's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda.

The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-GA, a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, lies in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol, July 27, 2020.The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-GA, a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, lies in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol, July 27, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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Written by Libby Cathey

Links:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/rep-john-lewis-edmond-pettus-bridge-selma/story?id=71995840
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/procession-begins-late-rep-john-lewis-lies-state/story?id=71999770&fbclid=IwAR39GdJFBRe-BKqQi7aK3jnDuaAZPMvCI26G86P2T2irG8IRO0uR9reScVM

The voice of the late Rep. John Lewis -- known as the "conscience of the U.S. Congress" -- reverberated through the U.S. Capitol one more time during a ceremony in the Rotunda on Monday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi grew emotional as she eulogized her late colleague of several decades.

"We knew that he always worked on the side of the angels, and now we know that he is with them," she said.

"When he made his speech (at the March on Washington) 57 years ago, he was the youngest speaker. How fitting it is that in the final days of his life, he summoned the strength to acknowledge the young people peacefully protesting in the same spirit of that March, taking up the unfinished work of racial justice. Helping complete the journey begun more than 55 years ago," she said.

She then turned the floor over to Lewis -- and his own words from a 2014 Emory University commencement speech.

"It was many, many years ago, when we would visit the little town of Troy, visit Montgomery, visit Tuskegee, visit Birmingham, I saw those signs and said white men, colored men, white women, colored women, white waiting, colored waiting. I would come home and ask my mother, my father, my grandparents, my great grandparents, why? They would say that’s the way it is. Don't get in the way. Don't get in trouble," Lewis said.

"But one day in 1955, 15 years old in the tenth grade, I heard about Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King Jr. on our radio. 1957, I met Rosa Parks at the age of 17. In 1958 at the age of 18, I met Martin Luther King Jr. and these two individuals inspired me to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I come here to say to you this morning on this beautiful campus with your great education, you must find a way to get in the way," he continued. "You must find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble."


Late Rep. John Lewis arrives at US Capitol to lie in state
The civil rights icon is being honored in a private ceremony in the Rotunda, followed by a public viewing through Tuesday.

Lawmakers broke out in applause after the clip played.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's remarks also recalled Lewis' speech during the March on Washington, which the Kentucky Republican attended as a young Senate intern.

"I marveled at the massive crowds. The site gave me hope for our country, that was John's doing. Even on that day, as his voice echoed across the mall, I wondered how many dared to imagine that young man would walk the halls of the Congress?" McConnell said.

"John Lewis lived and worked with urgency because the task was urgent. But even as the world around him gave him every cause for bitterness, he treated everyone with respect and love,” McConnell continued.

The socially-distanced ceremony inside the Capitol was attended by party leaders on both sides of the aisle and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, many in masks reading "vote" and "good trouble." The civil rights icon was honored in a private, invitation-only event that will be followed by an unprecedented public viewing taking place outside the building through Tuesday.

Pelosi, wearing a patriotic mask and sunglasses, stood on the flight deck Monday at Joint Base Andrews alongside Lewis' family and current staff, as his body arrived from Alabama.

A procession shut down several streets in Washington as Lewis' body was transported to the U.S. Capitol. The motorcade passed by landmark sites in Washington, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lincoln memorials, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and Black Lives Matter Plaza.

Lewis' only son, John Miles Lewis, exited the family motorcade at Black Lives Matter Plaza -- the site of Lewis' last public appearance -- where D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presented him with the street's sign.

The motorcade following the hearse consisted of at least 46 of the Georgia Democrat's family and friends, including his son, who was accompanied by his friend LaTasha Brooks; his siblings Samuel Lewis, Henry "Grant" Lewis and Rosa Tyner; his sister-in-law and a host of nieces and nephews.

Following Monday's private ceremony, Lewis will lie in state at the top of the building's east front steps for public viewing. Visitors can pay their respects from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday and from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Masks are required and social distancing will be enforced.

Asked on Monday, when he was departing the White House for a North Carolina facility involved in producing a potential coronavirus vaccine, if he planned on paying his respects to the congressman, President Donald Trump said no.

"No, I won't be going. No," Trump told reporters.

Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence are expected to visit Monday evening, according to the vice president's schedule. Former Vice President Joe Biden and former second lady Jill Biden are also scheduled to visit the Capitol Monday.

Lewis is the second Black lawmaker to lie in state at the Capitol, a tribute reserved for the most revered Americans, following the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland democratic lawmaker, who died last October.


Congressman John Lewis and Kirk Tanter at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina USA

Ceremonies on Capitol Hill followed a weekend that paid tribute to the late icon's life, first in his hometown of Troy, Alabama. On Sunday in Selma, 55 years after he was beaten on "Bloody Sunday," Lewis, the son of sharecroppers, crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time.

Lewis will lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday. He will be laid to rest on Thursday at South View Cemetery in Atlanta after a private funeral at Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once led.

As the motorcade made its way to the Capitol, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution by unanimous consent from Rep. Jim Clyburn to rename Democrats' voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, after Lewis. The legislation would restore certain key protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act against racial discrimination that the Supreme Court struck down in 2013.

"He had internalized non-violence the way nobody else had. A lot of us had adopted it as a tactic -- but John committed his life to it," Clyburn told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos Monday after the vote.

Lewis played an instrumental role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, which established greater protections for people registering to vote in the South.

A military honor guard is accompanying Lewis' casket throughout the multi-day celebration of life.

ABC News' Benjamin Siegel, John Parkinson and Mariam Khan contributed to this report.

MAJORITY WHIP CLYBURN DELIVERS FLOOR REMARKS IN TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN JOHN ROBERT LEWIS

Floor Speech Honoring the Life and Legacy of John Lewis. As long as there are people held in suppression, there will always be a movement for civil rights. However, in any movement there will be a few, sometimes only one, that rises head and shoulders above all others. And so it was with my good friend, John Robert Lewis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (SC-6) delivered the following remarks on the House floor to remember and pay tribute to his late friend and colleague, Congressman John Robert Lewis:

“I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. You know, Mr. Speaker, I cringe often when I hear people talk about the 1960s as the Civil Rights Movement. I always put an ‘s’ on that. The Stono Rebellion was in 1739. It was a Civil Rights Movement. Denmark Vesey’s insurrection was 1822. That was a Civil Rights Movement. The Niagara Movement that led to the creation of the NAACP more than 100 years ago was a Civil Rights Movement.

“John Lewis and I met in October 1960, at a Civil Rights Movement. For as long as there are people held in suppression, there will always be a movement for civil rights. However, in any movement there will be a few, sometimes only one, that rises head and shoulders above all others.

“And so it was, with my good friend, John Robert Lewis. When we met the weekend of October 13, 14, 15, 1960, on the campus of Morehouse College, there was a little bit of an insurrection taking place. We, who were college students, felt that we knew how best to do things. We were not listening to Martin Luther King Jr. and a few others. And so, we asked King to meet with us, and he did. We went into the meeting around 10:00 in the evening. We did not walk out of that room until 4:00 the next morning. I came out of that room having had a Saul to Paul transformation. I've never been the same since, but listening to King's plea for nonviolence, I decided, along with most others, to accept nonviolence as a tactic. But not John Lewis—he internalized it. It became his way of life.

“After going through a few issues of the 1960s, you know, John got elected president of SNCC in 1963 and was summarily dethroned in 1966. But John then joined the effort, the Voter Education Project, where he directed the response by the Southern Regional Council. And as he served as director of the Voter Education Project headquartered in Atlanta, I became the chair of the Voter Education Project in Charleston, South Carolina, and we continued that relationship. He got married to a librarian. I got married to a librarian. Though I did so before he did. And they became fast friends. Lillian and Emily became fast friends. I will never, ever get John Robert Lewis out of my system because he succeeded where I failed. It was a tactic for me. It was a way of life for John Lewis, and I yield back.”

RIP Congressman John Lewis (GA.) 1940-2020

Congressman John Lewis (GA) and Kirk Tanter at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Civil Right Legend John Lewis died Friday Night July 17, 2020. RIP is an understatement as Lewis endured so many beatings on behalf of African-Americans to obtain Voting Rights and Civil Rights.

Danny Glover says police are the ‘last line of defense for white supremacy’

Story by Law Officer and Variety

Actor Danny Glover, who played LAPD Det. Roger Murtaugh in all four versions of “Lethal Weapon,” said that police are the “last line of defense for white supremacy.”

Speaking with Variety, the actor spoke on several topics, from the Black Lives Matter movement to the protests against police, an American organization he said is about defending white supremacy, Daily Wire reported.

To keep Glover’s comment in context, this is the question he was asked by Variety along with his entire answer during the interview:

Question: “Do you think, this time, the Black Lives Matter movement can make a difference?”

Answer: “It has to be seen. We don’t know what’s going to happen in this particular moment. The resources and the allocations that are going to be thrown at this; the choices that are going to be made are going to be numerous. But the violence that we see – whether it’s the toxic places where they (black people) live; the inadequacy of health care for them; whether it’s the lack of affordable housing; the absence of jobs at living wages; all those things – that’s basically going unseen. We see the actual violence because the police is what it is. It’s the last line line of defense for white supremacy. That’s what the police represents. They don’t protect African Americans. You can make an argument that the institutional violence has its roots in so many different ways. The violence that we see now that is acted out on the physical body of George Floyd has been the kind of violence that is engrained within the American idea of its culture, in its own subtlety, since the first Africans were brought here. So it’s 400 years of violence. It’s not just now!

“As James Baldwin said: when we cannot tell ourselves the truth about our past, we become trapped in it. This country has been trapped in its past and continues to be. It’s even trapped in its past in terms of First Nations people. We never hear about the violence on First Nations people.

“What does real change look like? That’s the question at a moment in time when we shape the images of change, and they might not be the kind of substantial changes, qualitative changes and transformative changes that are necessary.”

Despite his clear disdain for American law enforcement, Glover said that he still may reprise his famous role as Roger Murtaugh in yet another installment in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise alongside Mel Gibson.

Question: “In January it was reported that producer Dan Lin said there are plans to do another “Lethal Weapon” sequel with you and Mel Gibson on board. Is there any truth to that?”

Answer: “There has been a conversation about that in January. I don’t want to give away the plot on the script that I read, but I found the plot had very strong relevance to some of things that are happening today. I can say that. But that was in January. History changes so fast…But yes, there’s been talk about it. There is something of a plan.”

After Glover has indicted the police profession, which essentially impugns black police officers, will you see “Lethal Weapon 5” if it’s made?

Statement From The Washington Redskins Football Team

Story by Redskins.com
Link: https://www.redskins.com/news/washington-redskins-retiring-name-logo-following-review

On July 3rd, we announced the commencement of a thorough review of the team's name. That review has begun in earnest. As part of this process, we want to keep our sponsors, fans and community apprised of our thinking as we go forward.

Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review.

Dan Snyder and Coach Rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud, tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years.

CONGRESS PRESS CALL TODAY: Ahead of June Jobs Report, Clyburn and Economists Highlight Long-Term Impact of Pandemic on Jobs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 1, 2020

Contact:
Kirsten Allen: (510) 913-1837

*Updated*
Ahead of June Jobs Report, Clyburn and Economists Highlight Long-Term Impact of Pandemic on Jobs

Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2020) — Today, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, at 2:15 p.m., Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, and three renowned economists will hold a press call to discuss the forthcoming jobs report and the need for strong federal action to address the ongoing jobs crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Chairman Clyburn will also address the Trump Administration’s unsupported assertions about the economy and its refusal, despite four decades of bipartisan precedent, to provide Congress with basic economic projections.

On June 18, Chairman Clyburn sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Acting Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Tomas Philipson, and Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought, demanding the release of key unemployment and economic projections to help Congress seek solutions to help struggling Americans and prevent further economic damage.

At a Select Subcommittee hearing the same day, witnesses testified that economic recovery will not happen until the federal government enacts a comprehensive plan to contain the pandemic and open the economy in a safe, sustainable way. They also testified that the failure to continue federal support for the unemployed over the next several months would cause even more harm to our nation’s economy.

WHAT:

Press Call on the Unemployment Crisis

WHEN:

2:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, July 1, 2020

WHO:

Rep. James E. Clyburn
Chairman, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

William E. Spriggs, PhD
Chief Economist, AFL-CIO
Professor, Howard University Department of Economics

Jason Furman, PhD
Professor, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard University

Wendy Edelberg, PhD
Director, The Hamilton Project, and Senior Fellow in Economic Studies
The Brookings Institution

RSVP:

Please RSVP to Kirsten.allen@mail.house.gov. Conference line will be provided upon RSVP.