We Are Better Than That

Adam Schiff's closing statement November 21, 2019

Obama on Cummings

@BarackObama
 on Cummings “He would remind all of us that our time is too short not to fight for what is good...and what is best in America. It falls upon each of us to give voice to the voiceless and comfort to the sick...and to preserve and nurture our democracy”

RIP Elijah Cummings

From AP News: Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become the powerful chairman of a House committee that investigated President Trump, has died at age 68. Cummings was a formidable orator who passionately advocated for the poor.

Cummings’ long career spanned decades in Maryland politics. He rose through the ranks of the Maryland House of Delegates before winning his congressional seat in a special election in 1996 to replace former Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who left the seat to lead the NAACP. Cummings was an early supporter of Barack Obama’s presidential bid in 2008. By 2016, Cummings was the senior Democrat on the House Benghazi Committee, which he said was “nothing more than a taxpayer-funded effort to bring harm to Hillary Clinton’s campaign” for president. Throughout his career, Cummings used his fiery voice to highlight the struggles and needs of inner-city residents. He was a firm believer in some much-debated approaches to help the poor and addicted, such as needle exchange programs as a way to reduce the spread of AIDS.

DUMBFOUNDED

AOC is sharp, Wilbur Ross.