Election Quote by Katrina vanden Heuvel

Here's the problem, we need folks like John Lewis and others who, I think, have been champions of voter rights, to actually recognize the…

— Reince Priebus

[Democrats] are not handling the John Lewis flap the right way, clearly. John Lewis is a hero and a civil rights hero.

— Jason Chaffetz

John Lewis being attacked as "talk, talk, talk" by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn't consider him a legitimate president.

— Al Sharpton

I am deeply disappointed in the way President-elect Trump attacked Rep. John Lewis, a personal friend and hero to so many Americans.

— Michael Capuano

John Lewis was a giant in the face of adversity and injustice, putting his life on the line for our freedoms and committing his…

— Raphael Warnock

I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences,…

— Anthony Storr

Incredible how unnecessary it [questions the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump] was, because John Lewis was articulating something that most Democrats simply aren't, calling…

— Jason Chaffetz

He was living proof that this country can improve. That, as a nation, we can peacefully confront historic wrongs and right them. John Lewis…

— Mikie Sherrill

Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at a book…

— Andrew Aydin

Rep. Lewis was never satisfied with doing enough. And that's why, on top of everything he suffered and gave to the civil rights movement,…

— Karine Jean-Pierre

John Lewis is an icon in our society.

— Al Sharpton

A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with…

— John McCain