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The Rev. Al Sharpton says he agrees with Rep. John Lewis view that the election of Donald Trump was not legitimate.

Theres no question that the process that elected him was not legitimate, Sharpton said in an appearance on MSNBC Monday night.

The activist and talk-show host said evidence collected by U.S. intelligence agencies showing the Russian governments interference during the campaign clearly raises serious questions about Trumps victory.

Late last week, Lewis told NBCs Chuck Todd that he is planning to boycott Trumps inauguration because the Kremlins apparent intrusion in the U.S. election delegitimizes Trumps victory.

I dont see this president-elect as a legitimate president, Lewis said.

In response, Trump fired off a series of tweets saying Lewis a civil rights icon who was beaten while marching in Selma, Ala., in 1965 was all talk and should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested).

Sharpton said Trumps tweets showed disrespect by attacking a living icon.

To come from John Lewis, a man who was beaten on the bridge in Selma, Ala., to get the Voting Rights Act, that opened up the voting rights process to everyone he has some blood in this, Sharpton said. You should not take lightly his view at all.

He claimed he was going to give a new deal to black Americans, Sharpton said of Trump. Is this the new deal? When you disparage one of our living icons? Is this the new deal, when you disparage a congressional district? I think that the president-elect needs to take a long, hard look at the fact that hes a few days of being inaugurated and hes got to fulfill the commitment that he will be a bigger person.

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BY: Nick Bolger January 16, 2017 3:56 pm

Rev. Al Sharpton gotan earful from activistswhen he arrived in Baltimoreto preach on Sunday.

A group of men peppered the preacher with questions about his activism in the black community ina Facebook Live video posted by Duane G. Davis.

They come to exploit tragedies and collect money, Davis saidabout Sharpton and other high-profile liberal activists. How much money is he going to get to speak here?

One activist repeatedly asked Sharpton what he wasdoingto help young black men, telling Sharptonthat his past activism wasntgood enough.

You are talking about 19I am talking about today, the man said.

Whenasked about Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man killed by the police in 2015, Sharpton said, What did I do with Freddie Gray? What are you talking about? I didnt deal with that, yall did.

Exactly, thats the problem, Al, the man retorted.

That is your problem, Sharpton said, angeringthe activists.

Davis pressedSharpton to disclose how much he wasbeing paid to preach in Baltimore. Sharpton denied receiving any money for the sermon.

Davis is no stranger to controversy. He was jailed in 2011 for a protest stunt involving a toilet, which police thought was a possible bomb. In the 2012 Republican primary, he ran as a protest candidate for lieutenant governor of Maryland,according to RedState.

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Reverend Al Sharpton said on MSNBC tonight, Theres no question that the process that elected [Donald Trump] was not legitimate.

He told MTP Daily guest anchor Peter Alexander that clearly the process has serious questions about it, and given who John Lewis is and what role he holds in American history, people should not take lightly his view at all.

Alexander pointed out that Democrats were up in arms when it was believed Trump wouldnt accept the election as legitimate. Sharpton argued that plenty of evidence has come out now to raise legitimate questions.

He also scolded Trump for his disrespect towards Lewis and said that as president he must be the bigger person and prove hes interested in uniting the country.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. civil rights activists kicked off a week of protests ahead of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration with a "We Shall Not Be Moved" march in Washington on Saturday, vowing to keep fighting for equality and justice under the upcoming administration.

Chanting "no justice, no peace," a few thousand protesters headed by the Rev. Al Sharpton marched along the National Mall toward the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, about two milesfrom the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where Trump will be sworn in as president on Friday.

Pre-march speakers denounced Trump to protesters, who braved drizzle and temperatures just above freezing to show their support for minority rights and President Barack Obama's signature health care law, which Trump has vowed to dismantle.

"We stand together, not as a people of hate, but as a people of hope," said Charley Hames Jr., president of the Oakland, California, chapter of Sharpton's National Action Network. "We believe this march is the first of many."

Trump, a New York real estate developer, won with a populist platform that included promises to build a wall along the Mexican border and restrict immigration from Muslim countries. He also promised to crack down on companies moving jobs out of the United States.

Trump's disparaging comments about immigrants and women and stance against Obama's healthcare law have drawn the anger of many on the left, who planned a series of protests.

"He's a clown," said marcher Ken Coopwood Jr., 17, of Washington. "I think he's not going to care about much, unless it's personal."

Civil rights groups including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Council of La Raza, as well as Democratic lawmakers had all said they would take part in Saturday's march.

The march began hours after Trump blasted Rep. John Lewis after the Georgia Democrat and civil rights campaigner said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.

Lewis told NBC News in an interview for Sunday's "Meet the Press" that he believed Russia's alleged hacking aimed at helping Trump put his legitimacy into question.

Trump replied on Twitter on Saturday that Lewis should focus instead on his Atlanta district. "All talk, talk, talk - no action or results! Sad!," he wrote.

About 30 groups, almost all of them anti-Trump, have gotten permits to protest before, during and after the inauguration. Thousands of demonstrators also have vowed to shut down the inauguration, including by closing off security checkpoints along the inaugural parade route.

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