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Pence defends Trump in spat with US civil rights icon

by Maggy DONALDSON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A feud between Donald Trump and a prominent civil rights icon ramped up Sunday, as Vice President-elect Mike Pence jumped to his boss’s defense while a growing number of Democrats vowed to skip the upcoming inauguration. Pence said he was “deeply disappointed” in veteran Congressman John Lewis’s decision to boycott Trump’s inauguration. The Georgia Democrat questioned the legitimacy of the 2016 election and became […]