Rep. Elijah Cummings
Elijah Eugene CummingsDemocrats denounce Trump's attack on Cummings: 'These are not the words of a patriot' Trump slams Cummings as a 'brutal bully,' claims Baltimore district 'far worse' than southern border Overnight Health Care: Oversight chair plans to call drug executives to testify on costs | Biden airs anti-'Medicare for All' video | House panel claims Juul deliberately targeted kids MORE (D-Md.) fired back at President Trump
Donald John TrumpDemocrats denounce Trump's attack on Cummings: 'These are not the words of a patriot' 'Maximum Pressure' on Iran has failed — here's what should come next France urges Trump to 'not mix' digital taxes with tariffs on wine MORE on Saturday after the president bashed him as a “brutal bully” and cast his Baltimore district as “dangerous” and “disgusting.”
“Mr. President, I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors,” Cummings, the chair of the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee, tweeted. “It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.”
Mr. President, I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors.
It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.
— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019
Cummings went on to call on the White House to work with him on legislation to tackle the rising costs of prescription drugs, which he said Trump had told him he supported.
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Trump took to Twitter early Saturday morning to hammer Cummings over his criticism of the administration’s immigration policies, which the Maryland Democrat has likened to “government-sponsored child abuse.”
“Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous,” Trump asserted in a tweet.
“His district is considered the Worst in the USA as proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded,” Trump continued. “Cumming [sic] District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place.”
A wave of Democrats denounced the remarks, praising Cummings’s chairmanship of the Oversight panel and panning Trump's remarks as racist.
“.@RepCummings is a champion in the Congress and the country for civil rights and economic justice, a beloved leader in Baltimore, and deeply valued colleague. We all reject racist attacks against him and support his steadfast leadership. #ElijahCummingsIsAPatriot,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiDemocrats dig in on probes post-Mueller Democrats see window closing for impeachment Trump is on the path to reelection MORE (D-Calif.) tweeted.
.@RepCummings is a champion in the Congress and the country for civil rights and economic justice, a beloved leader in Baltimore, and deeply valued colleague. We all reject racist attacks against him and support his steadfast leadership. #ElijahCummingsIsAPatriot https://t.co/2LG8AuQrHh
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 27, 2019
Beyond Cummings’s criticism of the administration’s hardline immigration platforms, Trump’s remarks also come days after the Oversight Committee authorized subpoenas for records from the White House regarding aides’ use of personal email and text applications for official business.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/455012-cummings-fires-back-at-trump-it-is-my-constitutional-duty-to-conduct-oversight
2019-07-27 16:35:48Z
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