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A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:31 am
by BoSoxGal
(CNN) — Rep. Elijiah Cummings of Maryland died Thursday morning at age 68, according to his office.
He died of "complications concerning longstanding health challenges," his office said in a statement.
The Democratic congressman has represented Maryland's 7th Congressional District since 1996 and served as the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which is one of the committees involved in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
As chairman of the Oversight Committee, Cummings oversaw a range of investigations into the Trump administration, from issues relating to the impeachment inquiry to the treatment of migrants at the southern border to the use of personal email for official use by White House officials to how the citizenship question was considered for the US census. And it was his committee that grilled Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in a blockbuster hearing this past February.
Cummings was born and raised in Baltimore -- the city that is home to his district. The son of former sharecroppers, Cummings was born in 1951 and graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1969.
He practiced law and served for 14 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, where, according to his congressional website, he became the first African American in Maryland history to be named Speaker Pro Tem.
In 1996, he was first elected to the US Congress. Cummings was reelected last year in the 7th Congressional District with 76% of the vote.
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:13 am
by Lord Jim
Very sorry to see this...
I didn't agree with him on most policy issues, but he was a real gentleman and a man of integrity serving in an institution where respect for others and integrity have become scarce commodities; he will be much missed...
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:24 am
by Scooter
Will Trump surprise everyone and say something gracious, I wonder.
Or, at least, have the good sense to say nothing.
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:45 am
by BoSoxGal
The only decent thing Trump could do would be to resign in Cummings' honor.
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:59 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
You know that if he says something gracious (and that's a huge if) it will because one of his aides sat him down and yelled in his ear: "Daddy - just this once, let it go!"
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:11 pm
by Lord Jim
Well, okay Trump (or more likely some flunky using his account) did just Tweet something appropriate:
Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump
My warmest condolences to the family and many friends of Congressman Elijah Cummings. I got to see first hand the strength, passion and wisdom of this highly respected political leader. His work and voice on so many fronts will be very hard, if not impossible, to replace!
13.6K
5:54 AM - Oct 17, 2019
Now let's see if he has the grace and discipline to leave it at that...
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:19 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Obviously not written by Trump. His would be:
My great, great condiments to the family and any friends of the King of Congress, Elisha Cummins. I got to see bigly strength, pashun and wisdom of this lightly respected political. His work against illegal impeachment will be very if not impossible, to convince people! Another Dems meltdown!
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:58 pm
by Lord Jim
I certainly would not put it past Trump to say something like that the stress of pursuing what he (Cummings) knew was an "unconstitutional Impeachment" may have contributed to his death...
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm
by Big RR
Or maybe claim that the lord is smiting his enemies engaged in illegal activities.
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:12 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
Clearly not written by Trump - shows empathy, correctly speled and, punctuated and no Weird Capitalization.
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:13 pm
by RayThom
ex-khobar Andy wrote:Clearly not written by Trump - shows empathy, correctly spelled and punctuated, and no weird capitalization.
I fixed it for you before Bicycle Bill had a chance.
Re: A Lion Roars No More
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:24 pm
by Joe Guy
MajGenl.Meade wrote:Obviously not written by Trump. His would be:
My great, great condiments to the family and any friends of the King of Congress, Elisha Cummins. I got to see bigly strength, pashun and wisdom of this lightly respected political. His work against illegal impeachment will be very if not impossible, to convince people! Another Dems meltdown!
@realDonaldTrump