Rep. Cooper Statement on Death of Rep. Lewis
July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 18 regarding the death of Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia:
"I'd never met a living Saint until I met John Lewis. He lived the virtues of humility, empathy and kindness more than anyone alive today.
"He also dearly loved Nashville from his school days at American Baptist and Fisk.
"He learned his activism here and the radical strategy of non-violence taught . . .
"I'd never met a living Saint until I met John Lewis. He lived the virtues of humility, empathy and kindness more than anyone alive today.
"He also dearly loved Nashville from his school days at American Baptist and Fisk.
"He learned his activism here and the radical strategy of non-violence taught . . .