Claim: Rep. Chris Collins, a member of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, compared civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis to "a spoiled chimp who got too many bananas and rights."
Fact-check: Chris Collins Says John Lewis Is 'Like a Spoiled Chimp That Got Too Many Bananas'?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Emery
Date published: 2017-01-16T00:00:00