“Well, by going to Selma – like President Bush, President Clinton, President Obama – maybe he would learn something. Maybe he would get religion,” Lewis said during the interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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“I would not invite him to come,” Lewis added when asked by host Chuck Todd about bringing Trump to Selma.
Pressed about allowing Trump to visit the city, Lewis added, “I wouldn’t try to do anything to prevent him from coming.”
Trump and Lewis have been locked in a war of wars stemming from a portion of the NBC interview released Friday, where Lewis said he didn’t view Trump as a “legitimate president” and would not attend his inauguration.
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