Jim Brown, one of the sports world's most notable civil rights crusaders, took aim Wednesday at another legend of the movement: Rep. John Lewis.
“John Lewis has great history as a civil rights fighter,” Brown said on CNN. “As a young man, he was one of the guys out there who was leading the parades during the (Martin Luther) King (Jr.) era. So, we all respect his history. But then I hear him crying the blues about Mr. Trump and saying he’s an illegitimate president, I take offense to that. If it’s illegitimate, why is he going on?”
Lewis, D-Ga., said in an interview last week that he did not view Trump as a "legitimate president" because Russia “helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.” Lewis is among more than 50 lawmakers boycotting President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday.