Breaking news: Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, has died at 68, his office says
1 / 3Obit CummingsFILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. U.S. Rep. Cummings has died from complications of longtime health challenges, his office said in a statement on Oct. 17, 2019. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68.
Trump responded by criticizing the Democrat's district as a"rodent-infested mess" where"no human being would want to live." The comments came weeks after Trump drew bipartisan condemnation following his calls for Democratic congresswomen of color to get out of the U.S."right now," and go back to their"broken and crime-infested countries."
Cummings' long career spanned decades in Maryland politics. He rose through the ranks of the Maryland House of Delegates before winning his congressional seat in a special election in 1996 to replace former Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who left the seat to lead the NAACP. Story continuesA key figure in the Trump impeachment inquiry, Cummings had been hoping to return to Congress after a medical procedure he said would only keep him away for a week. His statement then didn't detail the procedure. He had previously been treated for heart and knee issues.
"I was devastated," Cummings told The Associated Press in 1996, shortly before he won his seat in Congress."My whole life changed. I became very determined."
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