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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:30 AM May 2017

Elijah Cummings after briefing: This is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. We cannot..."

"If there was any moment that the press in our country's history has a major role, it is this moment. This is your moment. You have got to put it out there so people can understand what is going on. I have said it before, and I'll say it again. This is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. We cannot afford to lose this one."

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Elijah Cummings after briefing: This is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. We cannot..." (Original Post) MelissaB May 2017 OP
Cummings has been at the forefront of the resistance since the Benghazi and email hearings. brush May 2017 #1
He's invaluable. Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #2
Yes shenmue May 2017 #3
yet republicans keep submissively Assuming the Position for their beloved Draft-Dodger-in-Chief Achilleaze May 2017 #4
Correct "loose this one" to "lose this one." ananda May 2017 #5
Done. Thx! MelissaB May 2017 #6
Kick! I think the guy know... MelissaB May 2017 #7

brush

(53,743 posts)
1. Cummings has been at the forefront of the resistance since the Benghazi and email hearings.
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:35 AM
May 2017

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A good man to have on our side.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,155 posts)
2. He's invaluable.
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:38 AM
May 2017

He deserves great credit into channeling a lot of the anger and frustration over the Freddie Gray death into peaceful outcry after the first day of rioting. It made that situation a lot, lot better and avoided unnecessary deaths and damage.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. yet republicans keep submissively Assuming the Position for their beloved Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:50 AM
May 2017

and his cabal of colluding comrades. Americans will long remember this abject republican betrayal of the USA, and of the principles of democracy upon which the nation was founded.

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