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Trump to leave Washington instead of paying respects to John Lewis: report

President Barack Obama hugs Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., after his introduction during the event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., March 7, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
 David Edwards
July 27, 2020

President Donald Trump does not have plans to pay respects to civil rights icon John Lewis, who is the first Black lawmaker to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

According to CNN's Kaitlan Collins, the president will travel to North Carolina instead of visiting the U.S. Capitol.

Trump is expected to dispatch Vice President Mike Pence to pay respects to the late civil rights leader.

 
  
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