Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has a lot of respect for Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), but he thinks recent comments from the civil rights icon about President-elect Donald Trump go too far. Lewis said on Friday that Trump is not a “legitimate president,” due to reports of Russian interference in the election. He added that he will not attend Trump’s inauguration, making it the first one he’s missed since his election to Congress in 1986. “I just think that was uncalled for,” Manchin said on CBS Face The Nation. “I just wish that rhetoric would tone down ― from both back and forth.”Manchin claims that Russian interference in U.S. democracy will succeed unless the bickering within the government stops.

Source: Huffington Post January 15, 2017 17:00 UTC