Thousands are expected to pay their respects to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Thursday as he becomes the first African-American lawmaker to lie in state at the Capitol.
Cummings told Trump in a phone call shortly before his passing that Trump was the greatest President that has ever served. Really. Everyone knows it.
Thurgood Marshall didnt lie in state? Perhaps at the Supreme Court
I thought the exact same thing and looked it up. He lay in repose at the Supreme Court.
I also just noticed the word “Rep” (I think it was just edited actually)
He’s only the second African American to lay in state/honor. The first was Rosa Parks in 2005.
I hope for busloads of Baltimore denizens to make the trip and that it drives Trump even more batshit.
So very appropriate.
Very well deserved honor for him. But it’s astonishing that he is the first black Representative to be accorded that recognition. I think Shirley Chisholm deserved it, as the first black woman elected to Congress and the first to run for President. She was an impressive advocate for civil rights and other causes. And Barbara Jordan, who followed soon after from Texas was the first black woman elected from the south. She too was a civil rights leader and gave some of the most impassioned speeches about the Watergate proceedings. She had a voice that could sway you to anything; deep, rich, inflected, it was extraordinary - and the thoughts it conveyed were incisive, smart and illuminating. I can remember how powerful they were in the midst of the hearings.
I’m sure there are others, men and women, whose public service would warrant the honor.
Thousands.
…and well deserved. He was a good man and a great leader. He is already missed.
Absolutely. It should have happened before, but it shows that times are changing — and for the better in this case.
@sysprog — well said
He shouldn’t be first. It should have happened long before now. This tunnel has been a long one. Maybe, just maybe.
Some well deserved civility to add to the all the other news out of DC these days. Glad Cummings is getting this attention.
I can still barely think of our government without Elijah Cummings watching over it. We were so fortunate to have had him in our world. God speed great man! 
Why is there a bust of Jefferson Davis in the Capitol?
I think every state gets to put a statue of its choice in the Capitol. My guess is that Davis is Mississippi’s.
Motherfucker’s statue is still in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda, where the Daughters of the Confederacy put it a good 50 years after the Civil War.
For likely similar reasons Donald Trump is in the Oval Office. Racist, ignorant people cause racist, ignorant outcomes.
In his lifelong struggle for racial equality, he always brought a message of inclusion. He seemed to have a big heart and true respect for all people, which gave him a dignity and gravitas that is so rare in politicians today. He reserved any scorn he expressed for people who had gone out of their way to earn it. His most recent outburst at the people who were defending the total lack of care for immigrant children - his disbelief and dismay that someone could even attempt to defend this - is one of the first things I think about when I think about him. He deserves this honor.
In remembrance to a GREAT American Legislator and Civil Rights activist…
I only have a minute.
Sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, I did not choose it,
But I know that I must use it.
Give account if I abuse it.
Suffer, if I lose it.
Only a tiny little minute,
But eternity is in it.