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Elijah Cummings: If the public knew what Congress knows they would boycott the inauguration too (Original Post) still_one Jan 2017 OP
Is Cummings still going to the inauguration? Gothmog Jan 2017 #1
This is how he explains his decision to attend: Tanuki Jan 2017 #6
I saw that he is going Gothmog Jan 2017 #7
All honorable Congress members should boycott the illegitimate Republican-Russian regime Achilleaze Jan 2017 #2
yes, that question rings out WHY are we letting this happen. Answer, Republicans. librechik Jan 2017 #3
This is an OUTRAGE Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #4
I agree still_one Jan 2017 #5

Gothmog

(145,130 posts)
1. Is Cummings still going to the inauguration?
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:47 PM
Jan 2017

I really like Congressman Cummings. He is an effective advocate.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
6. This is how he explains his decision to attend:
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:57 PM
Jan 2017

"...At some point a lot of information is going to come to me as the top person on the Oversight and Government Reform committee and I don’t want anybody to say, ‘Well, he was just one the people that was protesting.’ I want them to understand, this is not about Democrat or Republican.”

“We need Congress 9/11-type panel,” Cummings concluded."

(He wants to be perceived as an honest broker when he takes Trump down)

librechik

(30,674 posts)
3. yes, that question rings out WHY are we letting this happen. Answer, Republicans.
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:53 PM
Jan 2017

Forever cowardly, selfish and unsympathetic.

They would sell the whole country down the river to stop a woman being president. And they did. Now job 1 is avoiding responsibility for the chaos. I predict President Obama is going to be the target of a tsunami of false blame over the next few years.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
4. This is an OUTRAGE
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:53 PM
Jan 2017

WE need one politician to bite the bullet, risk their career but we have to know!

I get how hard it would be to be the one who did it, probably go to jail, but they would be a hero.

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