Kucinich: Trump’s ‘So Easily Baited’ He Couldn’t Let John Lewis’ Comment Go

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SCIUTTO: "Jackie, if I can begin with you. We have the controversy over the weekend. The public spat with John Lewis over the weekend and the tweet today, celebrate martin Luther king day and all of the many wonderful things he stood for. Honor him for being the great man that he was! Does that put an end to this public spat?"
KUCINICH: "I don’t think so. You know, this — while John Lewis has been given credit for starting this, you have to remember that this started a long time ago. This has to do with Donald Trump being the guy who decided to delegitimize the first black president by buying into birtherism and making it mainstream. So the wounds here are very deep, particularly for the African-American community. I think that’s what you’re seeing from John Lewis, and you know, he gave his reasons of why he believes this. But you know, Donald Trump could have risen above this, but he is so easily baited that he couldn’t let this go and instead maligned not only a civil rights icon but his district in Atlanta. You saw the “Atlanta journal-constitution” this weekend responding to that by saying you’re wrong."