President-elect Donald Trump caused yet another stir over the weekend when he tweeted that Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis was “all talk… and no action” and that his district was “in horrible shape and falling apart.” The outburst, on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, came after Lewis said he would skip Trump’s inauguration on Friday.
Many of Lewis’ congressional colleagues, along with other A-list stars, leapt to the congressman’s defense this weekend. And then there was Rob Schneider.
The comedian, and star of the critically derided Deuce Bigalow and Grown Ups movies, tweeted this earlier today:
https://Twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/821054409106821120
Many Twitter users found this behavior unseemly, and called out Schneider not only for his uncouth tweet but also for his history of playing racially stereotyped characters:
https://twitter.com/wilw/status/821086087258914818
you shut your know-nothing whitesplaining ass the fuck up and the fuck down for the rest of your horrible movie making ass life https://t.co/kBgUsIcklH
— tracy clayton jr the 3rd (@brokeymcpoverty) January 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/MatchCuts/status/821083312168914944
https://twitter.com/_311la/status/821082994727206912
Did Deuce Bigalow really just tell John Lewis how to fight for civil rights? https://t.co/vhvMu3UfPy
— max (@MaxOnTwitter) January 16, 2017
RACISM IS OVER DEUCE BIGALOW SAID SO https://t.co/La8GevtlcX
— THE KID MERO 🇩🇴 (@THEKIDMERO) January 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/clavicledeep/status/821082469424398336
Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man who tries to lecture a civil rights hero about MLK. https://t.co/lsL3jEntut
— Susannah Nix ✨ (@Susannah_Nix) January 16, 2017
It's shocking that Trump didn't appoint this man Secretary of Education. https://t.co/aiWUfaG1uK
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) January 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/batterdippin/status/821082743324950528
https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/821071206392758272
For his part, Lewis spent the day tweeting out inspiring images of King from the civil rights movement.
