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In back-to-back interviews with Donald Trump spokesman Sean Spicer on Monday, CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today grilled the incoming White House press secretary over the President-elect getting into a “battle” with “civil rights icon” John Lewis after the Democratic Congressman questioned the legitimacy of the election.
On CBS, co-host Norah O’Donnell breathlessly proclaimed: “President-elect Trump is in an angry dispute with a legend from the civil rights era on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Supporters of Congressman John Lewis are criticizing the President after he blasted Lewis on Twitter. Lewis and other House Democrats plan to skip Friday's inauguration.” Across the screen blared the headline: “New War of Words; Trump Battles Civil Rights Icon.”