Longtime Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings Dies At 68

discobot · October 17, 2019, 10:12am

Esteemed longtime Baltimore congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) died at the age of 68, according to multiple reports.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1256341

hagarwood · October 17, 2019, 10:15am

Thank you for standing up for our civil rights and your patriotic service to our country. Rest In Peace!

dogmaalsocatma · October 17, 2019, 10:17am

Rest in peace, and thank you for all you have done.
But dammit. You deserved to live and die in a Trump-free world.

jonney_5 · October 17, 2019, 10:20am

Seriously, what fucking Diety decides to give Bernie a heart attack and Takes Elijah away but leaves us with Trump.

Also, how much younger was Elijah than some of our presidential aspirants?

johnscotus · October 17, 2019, 10:23am

R.I.P.
Who’s second in command on Oversight?

lizzymom · October 17, 2019, 10:27am

This news made me cry so hard. How is it possible that this good, upstanding man is gone and vile ones live on to wreak havoc and destruction?

I am not a believer, but if I were, I would envision Elijah sitting at the right hand of God whispering in his ear to deliver righteous justice on the evil lying pestilence in the White House, so he could complete his final assignment and truly rest in peace.

jonney_5 · October 17, 2019, 10:29am

Same here, not a believer, but I do like the idea that he has ultimate Oversight from above

blandsten · October 17, 2019, 10:29am

What a terrible loss.

georgeh · October 17, 2019, 10:29am

He was, as Martin Luther King would say, “a drum major for justice.”

Sad news in the morning.

ignoreland · October 17, 2019, 10:31am

This x 1000

I’ve said before that we named our youngest with him in mind. So much work and possibilities lost.

Why couldn’t it have been Moscow Mitch?

jonney_5 · October 17, 2019, 10:33am

There is a long list of folks more deserving of an untimely death than Elijiah.

oldsailor4 · October 17, 2019, 10:34am

I expect a crass statement anytime now from that soul less orange doofus anytime now

bicoastalbeagle · October 17, 2019, 10:34am

May his memory be for blessing.

zillacop · October 17, 2019, 10:36am

This is extremely sad news. This man that fought for justice for so many years is now gone. Who can replace him?

Citizen1 · October 17, 2019, 10:38am

Very sad news! I had been worried about Nadler and didn’t know that Cummings was having health issues.

daveyjones64 · October 17, 2019, 10:42am

And that just shows how far removed we are from normal protocols.

The normal protocol of course is for the WH to release the appropriate statement showing grief and mourning. At best…we will get nothing. More likely, we will get something snarky on Twitter.

jonney_5 · October 17, 2019, 10:42am

I expect someone at the WH snagged his phone and offered to write the Tweet for him.

We will be able to tell from the proper grammar and spelling.

jonney_5 · October 17, 2019, 10:46am

I worry about Bernie, Joe and Elizabeth.

morrigan_2575 · October 17, 2019, 10:53am

This is so sad and shocking

the_loan_arranger · October 17, 2019, 10:57am

At least he was in the fight to the very end. Patriotism can ask no more of any man.