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African-American Congressmen Will Skip Mississippi Civil Rights Event To Avoid  Trump
Two Democratic representatives  John Lewis and Bennie Thompson  say they will not attend the long-awaited opening on Saturday of two museums dedicated to Mississippi's history and civil rights struggle because of the planned appearance of  President Trump .
 "President Trump 's attendance and  his  hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum. The struggles represented in this museum exemplify the truth of what really happened in Mississippi.  President Trump 's disparaging comments about women  the disabled  immigrants  and National Football League players disrespect the efforts of Fannie Lou Hamer  Aaron Henry  Medgar Evers  Robert Clark  James Chaney  Andrew Goodman  Michael Schwerner  and countless others who have given their all for Mississippi to be a better place."
Soon thereafter  former Navy Secretary Ray Maybus  who is white  tweeted that he would not attend the museum opening either  citing  Trump 's planned speech. "His support of white supremacists and racism exact opposite of what museum is about " said Maybus  a former Democratic governor of Mississippi.
 Trump  was invited to speak at the ceremony marking the bicentennial of Mississippi's admission to the union by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant  who criticized  Trump 's detractors.
Lewis was to have been one of the main speakers at the event along with Myrlie Evers  the widow of assassinated Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers. She told the New York Times she hopes that  Trump  will "learn something" by attending the museum opening.
African-American Congressmen Will Skip Mississippi Civil Rights Event To Avoid  Trump
Two Democratic representatives  John Lewis and Bennie Thompson  say they will not attend the long-awaited opening on Saturday of two museums dedicated to Mississippi's history and civil rights struggle because of the planned appearance of  President Trump .
 " [TGT]  's attendance and   [TGT]   hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum. The struggles represented in this museum exemplify the truth of what really happened in Mississippi.   [TGT]  's disparaging comments about women  the disabled  immigrants  and National Football League players disrespect the efforts of Fannie Lou Hamer  Aaron Henry  Medgar Evers  Robert Clark  James Chaney  Andrew Goodman  Michael Schwerner  and countless others who have given their all for Mississippi to be a better place."
Soon thereafter  former Navy Secretary Ray Maybus  who is white  tweeted that he would not attend the museum opening either  citing   [TGT]  's planned speech. "His support of white supremacists and racism exact opposite of what museum is about " said Maybus  a former Democratic governor of Mississippi.
  [TGT] was invited to speak at the ceremony marking the bicentennial of Mississippi's admission to the union by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant  who criticized  Trump 's detractors.
Lewis was to have been one of the main speakers at the event along with Myrlie Evers  the widow of assassinated Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers. She told the New York Times she hopes that   [TGT] will "learn something" by attending the museum opening.