Civil rights icon John Lewis states he doesn't see Donald Trump as a "legitimate" commander in chief due to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Lewis declared: "I don't see this President-elect as a legitimate president," then, Lewis added that he thinks the Russians participated in helping Trump get elected. And they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

John Lewis, an ally of Martin Luther King Jr., who was brutally beaten by police in Alabama while marching for civil rights in 1965, also said he planned to skip Trump's inauguration the coming week. He was elected to Congress in 1986.

Trump fired back at Lewis

Lewis stated that you cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong. Trump harshly responded Saturday, naming Lewis "all talk" and "no action" and saying that Lewis should focus more on fixing and helping his district instead of "complaining" about the Russia's role.

Trump tweeted his messages attacking the comments of John Lewis, he believes that Lewis must improve living conditions in his district, which is crime infested.

Few Democrats have gone as far as Lewis

Clinton's former aides have been reluctant to make similar comments, avoiding passing judgment on whether Donald Trump was "legitimate." Few Democrats have gone as far as John Lewis has in disputing the legitimacy of the election. When asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if Donald Trump was a legitimate president, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia answered "absolutely." Then, Manchin added that we have got to move on. We have got to come together as a country. The intelligence officials have argued in an official report that Russians, under the direction of President Vladimir Putin, sought to influence the US campaign and boost Donald Trump, a conclusion that Trump has vehemently disputed.