President Biden, Congressional Black Caucus bid farewell to the late Eddie Bernice Johnson

“Without an Eddie Bernice Johnson, there would be no Vice President [Kamala] Harris,” Pastor Michael Waters said at the Monday wake. BY JASON WHITELY, WFAA-TV DALLAS — President Joseph Biden, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Democratic leader U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and dozens of elected officials from across the state and around the country spent Monday night in Dallas remembering the late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. “Without an Eddie Bernice Johnson, there would be no Vice President [Kamala} Harris. Without Eddie Bernice Johnson, there would be no U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brown Jackson,” said Pastor Michael Waters. “Eddie Bernice Johnson extends a baton from the balcony of heaven.” The wake began at 6:30 p.m. at Concord Church in southern Dallas County. U.S. Representatives James Clyburn, Bennie Thompson, Jasmine Crockett, Gregory Meeks, Marc Veasey, Sylvia Garcia, Al Green, Sanford Bishop, former U.S. Trade Representative and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, State Senators Royce West and Nathan Johnson were among many officials who attended Monday night. “Eddie Bernice Johnson was our yellow rose. She was a civil rights fighter. She did not allow injustices to get by her. She would work across the aisle, but she would...