Rep. John Lewis (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)For the past 96 hours, Rep. John Lewis's decision to not attend Donald Trump's inauguration Friday has been cast as the beating heart of a large-scale protest movement against the businessman-turned-politician. This, from a Washington Post story dated Jan. 21, 2001:Some members of the Black Caucus decided to boycott Inauguration Day; John Lewis, for instance, spent the day in his Atlanta district. Do you plan on trying to forge a relationship with Donald Trump? So here's what we now know:* John Lewis has said the last two Republican presidents were illegitimate. John Lewis said about my inauguration, "It will be the first one that I've missed."

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 16:55 UTC