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Widow of Elijah Cummings says Trump's attacks on Baltimore 'hurt' the congressman
BALTIMORE — The widow of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said at his funeral Friday that attacks by President Trump on the congressman’s beloved hometown “hurt him” and made the final months of his life more difficult.
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, said her husband was trying to protect “the soul of our democracy” and fighting “very real corruption” as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where he played a central role in investigating the Trump administration.
Trump lashed out at Cummings this summer, calling Baltimore, the heart of his district, a “rat-infested” place where no one would want to live. Cummings did not respond directly to the attacks, but his wife said Friday that they left a lasting wound.
Rockeymoore Cummings spoke near the end of a lengthy funeral program at New Psalmist Baptist Church, where Cummings worshiped for decades — showing up regularly on Sunday mornings for the 7:15 a.m. service.
She was followed by former presidents Bill Clinton — who visited the church with Cummings in the 1990s — and Barack Obama, the nation’s first black commander-in-chief, both of whom hailed the longtime lawmaker as an inspiration and a friend.
More at https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/elijah-cummings-funeral-obama-clintons-to-eulogize-longtime-lawmaker/2019/10/25/ae286a76-f6b6-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, said her husband was trying to protect “the soul of our democracy” and fighting “very real corruption” as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where he played a central role in investigating the Trump administration.
Trump lashed out at Cummings this summer, calling Baltimore, the heart of his district, a “rat-infested” place where no one would want to live. Cummings did not respond directly to the attacks, but his wife said Friday that they left a lasting wound.
Rockeymoore Cummings spoke near the end of a lengthy funeral program at New Psalmist Baptist Church, where Cummings worshiped for decades — showing up regularly on Sunday mornings for the 7:15 a.m. service.
She was followed by former presidents Bill Clinton — who visited the church with Cummings in the 1990s — and Barack Obama, the nation’s first black commander-in-chief, both of whom hailed the longtime lawmaker as an inspiration and a friend.
More at https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/elijah-cummings-funeral-obama-clintons-to-eulogize-longtime-lawmaker/2019/10/25/ae286a76-f6b6-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html
Elijah Cummings was the most decent human in Congress. The thought of Donald Trump causing him physical and emotional hardship in the last months of his life is sickening.
