Rep John Lewis

Trump's meeting with the executive committee of the Congressional Black Caucus at the White House comes as he navigates a fractured relationship with people of color.

He says Rep. Lewis should “spend more time on fixing and helping his district.”

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina came out in support of Trump’s AG pick while Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey will take the unprecedented move of testifying against Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination.

GOP leaders also shuttered C-SPAN's live coverage of the protest, but that did not stop policy makers from tweeting and posting live feeds on Facebook and Periscope to disseminate their cause.

  Two years ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Congressman John Lewis in his Capitol Hill office. I listened intently as he recounted…