来自阿拉巴马州的国会参议员道格·琼斯（Doug Jones）说，目前的抗议者“正在和平，非暴力地抗议”，就像刘易斯在民权运动中所做的那样。
Alabama Senator Doug Jones said current protestors are “protesting peacefully and non-violently”, just as John Lewis protested during the Civil Rights Movement.