An NBC local affiliate appears to have been the first to post this on YouTube:
May this address for the ages help propel us ALL to vote on or before November 3rd. This was John Lewis’ final wish.
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Transcript excerpts from CNN:
“Today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans. George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. I know this is a celebration of John's life. There are some who might say we shouldn't dwell on such things, but that's why I'm talking about it."
"John Lewis devoted his time on this Earth (to) fighting the very attacks on democracy and what's best in America that we're seeing circulate right now.”
"Once we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, we should keep marching. To make it even better. And if all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the god-given rights of every American, then that's what we should do."
"America was built by John Lewises. He, as much as anyone in our history, brought this country a little bit closer to our highest ideals. And some day, when we do finish that long journey towards freedom, when we do form a more perfect union, whether it's years from now, or decades, or even if it takes another two centuries, John Lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America."
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Full transcript here: www.theatlantic.com/...