The death of Rep. Elijiah Cummings (D-Md.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, led coverage on the morning shows today, including a personal reflection by Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarboro…
hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski: Cummings was the celebrant at Scarborough and Brzezinski’s wedding last year.“We are personally heartbroken this morning,” Brzezinski said on the show as she and Scarborough paid tribute to Cummings.
“We were honored that Elijiah agreed to marry Mika and me last year,” Scarborough said. “It seemed just perfect. He was just perfect. It was so great to have him, our dear friend there. We were even more grateful for the public service that he so selflessly committed his life to, every day of his life.
“He will now be mourned and his remarkable life will be celebrated and his work, his work, it will be completed. That is the very least that this country owes to Elijiah Cummings during these dark days and troubled times.”tweeted about his passing, writing “my warmest condolences to the family and many friends of Congressman Elijah Cummings. I got to see first hand the strength, passion and wisdom of this highly respected political leader.
Cummings’ committee was among those pursuing an impeachment inquiry of the president. In July, Trump blasted Cummings in more than a dozen tweets, as Cummings pursued a number of investigations in his role as the oversight chairman. Trump called Cummings’ Baltimore district a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.
Cummings presided over one of the highest profile hearings on Capitol Hill this year, when Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen testified before the Oversight Committee.
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