Representative John Lewis claimed that someone shouted the N***** word at him.
Representative Emanuel Cleaver claimed that, at the same time, someone spat on him.
Lewis decried the absence of videos so that he could show the world how abused he was. Well over eight videos have come to light and the N***** word is nowhere to be heard.
Now Cleaver is backpedaling as fast as his little legs will take him.
From FOX News:
Cleaver Steadfastly Refuses to Discuss Spitting IncidentWhat was that line about Content of His Character again??? Hat tip to Maggie's Farm
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver voted in favor of the controversial health care reform bill, but talk isn't raging about how voted, but whether or not he was purposely spit on as he and other congressmen made their way to the U.S. Capitol building to cast their vote.
In video of the incident, a man is seen with his hands around his mouth and yelling at the Kansas City, Missouri, Democrat as he walked by. The footage shows Rep. Cleaver reacting to the man, and is seen a few seconds later wiping his face.
The video is not clear as to whether or not the man spit in Cleaver's face intentionally, or if it was a matter of "say it, don't spray it." Rep. Cleaver never commented on the incident, but it didn't take long before many people claimed that he was spit upon.
In an interview on Tuesday with FOX 4 News, Rep. Cleaver would not directly answer the question of whether or not he was intentionally spit upon.
"I haven't talked about this incident on TV or anywhere, and I've been approached to talk about it on every national TV show," said Rep. Cleaver in an interview with FOX 4 News. "I never, I never reported anything, never a single thing in Washington, not one thing. People assume I went somewhere, never done press conference, never done an interview on it and I'm not going to do it."
