--- title: Seth Meyers on Donald Trump‘s Tweets to John Lewis on MLK description: Seth Meyers has thoughts on Donald Trump's tweets about Cong. John Lewis canonical: https://time.com/4636298/seth-meyers-on-trump-john-lewis/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-17T17:15:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:12.340Z og:title: Seth Meyers Takes on Donald Trump‘s Tweets to John Lewis og:description: Meyers takes a closer look at Donald Trump's tweets to the civil rights icon og:url: https://time.com/4636298/seth-meyers-on-trump-john-lewis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6a002f50a459fb6/6988b5c4f887dce428e98b58/seth-meyers-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: seth-meyers-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Takes on Donald Trump‘s Tweets to John Lewis twitter:description: Meyers takes a closer look at Donald Trump's tweets to the civil rights icon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6a002f50a459fb6/6988b5c4f887dce428e98b58/seth-meyers-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Meyers Takes on Donald Trump‘s Tweets to John Lewis by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 17, 2017 5:15 PM UTC  NBC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 17, 2017 5:15 PM UTC “Elections are a stressful time,” Seth Meyers said on _Late Night_ on Monday night. He noted that normally the presidential transition period is seen as a time to heal the wounds incurred in the election cycle and unify the nation. Instead, according to Meyers, “[Donald Trump](http://time.com/4635480/john-lewis-donald-trump-selma/?iid=sr-link4) has used the time to unleash a series of personal insults against a civil rights icon.” Meyers is referring to a series of tweets that Trump sent out on Saturday morning. “Congressman [John Lewis](http://time.com/4635385/donald-trump-john-lewis-reactions/?iid=sr-link1) should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to…… mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results,” [Trump wrote](http://time.com/4635375/donald-trump-john-lewis/?iid=sr-link2) on Twitter. On his show’s “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers turned his gimlet eye on the exchange, criticizing Trump’s characterization of [Lewis’s district](http://time.com/4496911/john-lewis-selma-liberty-medal/?iid=sr-link5), which includes much of Atlanta, and noting that the president-elect previously expressed his love for the city of Atlanta, back when he planned to build there. On _Face the Nation_ Vice President-elect Mike Pence added that in his view, Trump was asking Lewis “to work with \[them\] to bring more prosperity, better schools, more safety to our cities.” Meyers had a different view. 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