Trump calls Cummings 'highly respected political leader' after congressman's death

[groundloop]

Source: Baltimore Sun

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday to send his “warmest condolences” to the family and friends of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, who died in the early morning amid some longstanding health problems.

“I got to see first hand the strength, passion and wisdom of this highly respected political leader,” Trump said in the tweet. “His work and voice on so many fronts will be very hard, if not impossible, to replace!”

Link to tweet

Cummings became a national figure in 2019 as chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which is among three panels leading the impeachment inquiry of Trump.

With Democrats earning the House majority following the 2018 election, Cummings had the ability as chairman to demand documents related to Trump’s personal finances and policies, as well as possible abuses at federal agencies in the Trump administration.

Read more: https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-trump-cummings-reaction-20191017-20191017-zyxzqpncenccfj23rbo3rrr56a-story.html

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Obviously one of the adults in the room got to tRumps twitter machine first.

[The Wizard]

1. It's obvious someone took his phone

Too many complete thoughts and compassion.

[Perseus]

17. My thoughts exactly

And I bet he was very upset about it because he wanted to write it, and say how unfair Cummings had been to him, blah, blah, blah.

[MineralMan]

2. Clearly, Trump did not write that.

[2naSalit]

5. Indeed!

Complete sentences, complete thoughts, compassion and respect!?! He had nothing to do with. Must have handed the phone to czarina and she handed it off to an adult.

[Guilded Lilly]

8. I can clearly "see" him sitting three feet away with his arms...

crossed over his puffed up chest and an arrogant, scowling pout plastered across his wretched face while someone human is composing the text on his phone.

[Kali]

14. yep

[tclambert]

32. Not one sentence bragging how great Trump is, or how big his victory was in 2016?

I call shenanigans.

[FM123]

3. That evil racist moron did not write this!

There is not one ounce of human kindness in that horrible man, someone else had to write this on his behalf!

[gembaby1]

4. Ha!

Respected by everyone except him.

[Leghorn21]

6. Yeah, I'm with Tony, LOSER:

FUCK YOU!

Link to tweet

[Docreed2003]

7. Warmest condolences??

Wtf is that? Also, clearly Trump didn't write that

[Ohiogal]

19. Yeah

I thought that was awkward to say the least. Condolences aren’t”warm”. They are “sincere” or “heartfelt” but “warm” makes it sound almost like a happy occasion. But then Donnie didn’t write this and his minion must not have known the difference, either.

[infullview]

9. YA, OBVIOUSLY NOT DT

[mpcamb]

10. 'highly respected political leader', an acclamation trump will never get or deserve.

[appleannie1]

11. He wrote that the same way I am a prize winning author. He can't even spell half those words.

[B Stieg]

12. And tRump,...

you're not fit to carry Elijah Cummings' jockstrap...

[CanonRay]

13. Donald Trump did not write that.

[aggiesal]

15. I'm surprised he accepted news ...

from that Rat Infested, $hit Hole that he called Cummings district and home town.

His words of condolences would fall on deaf ears if it were me.

[Bradical79]

16. No way in hell he wrote that.

Reads like those totally expressionless emotionless speeches he struggles to read off paper/teleprompter. And if any one doubts that, all they have to do is put this side by side next to that letter to Erdogan. Even when writing a "formal" official letter to another President, he's incapable of writing that competently.

[SCVDem]

18. Coming from tRump,

this is meaningless.

I await OUR President's statement on Rep. Cummings passing.

BTW Donnie, you are older than Cummings. Just sayin'!

[NonPC]

20. Trump Will Tweet Malace about Cummings Within 24 Hours

I guarantee it -- he won't be able to help himself. He knows that his white supremacy base wants to hear it. And he can't stand someone else getting the spotlight. The only question is -- how nasty will it be?

[SunSeeker]

21. Nobody believes Trump wrote that. NOBODY. nt

[question everything]

22. Obviously did not come from him

Honestly I expected him to see someone "from above" closing the books..

[Vinca]

23. Well, we know who didn't write that tweet.

I bet he has more to say at this evening's hate fest.

[BHDem53]

24. It's obviously written

by a ghostwriter. It is close to Halloween after all.

[juxtaposed]

25. peckerwood could never have written that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. That obviously came from the White House comm shop, not Trump himself.

Wait until his hate rally in Dallas this evening; bet he'll say something derogatory about Rep. Cummings and/or Baltimore.

[cyclonefence]

27. At least he did not send "best wishes" this time

although "warmest" condolences is almost as jarring.

[MontanaMama]

28. Okay...It has been said but I'll pile on...

The MF did not write that tweet. No way in hell. I can't believe any of these amateurs even pulled it off.

[badhair77]

29. Nope, not his work.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. Maybe he handed the phone over to Ivanka. She can fake caring. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

31. Don't even try, MR resident. Your days in the wh are numbered

And we don’t give a flying hootie-hoo what you think.

[tclambert]

33. Trump's actual tweet would be more like:

"Too bad Elijah cummings died. Sad, even though he was unfair to a great and wonderful President. (Many "bad" statements about probably the gratest President EVER!) Maybe now we can get a GOOD rep for his district, even though it's a SH!THOLE. MAGA!"