With his body lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls the late Democratic Rep. John Lewis the “conscience of the Congress,' while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praises the civil rights icon as a model of courage.
People view the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he lies in state on the East Front Steps of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” McConnell, a Republican, said, quoting the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “But that is never automatic. History only bent toward what’s right because people like John paid the price.”Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus wore masks with the message “Good Trouble,” a nod to Lewis’ signature advice and the COVID-19 pandemic that has made for unusual funeral arrangements.
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