The House speaker praised the late congressman as "a voice of unsurpassed moral clarity and truth" after his sudden and shocking death.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid tribute to Rep. Elijah Cummings in a powerful Washington Post op-ed Saturday, praising him as “a voice of unsurpassed moral clarity and truth” after his sudden death sent shockwaves across the nation.
Cummings died Thursday at age 68 following “longstanding health challenges,” according to his office, though the specifics of his death have not been made public. “He believed in the promise of America because he had lived it,” she said. “As chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, he used his gavel to restore integrity, accountability and honesty to Washington so that government would be a force for good for working people.”
The president was a staunch critic of Cummings and went on a racist tirade against his majority-Black Baltimore district in July, calling it a “rodent-infested mess.” Despite their distinct differences, Cummings sought to work with Trump, and met with him in 2017 to discuss cutting drug prices, an effort Pelosi commended in her op-ed.
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