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| − | '''Elijah Cummings''' is a [[far-left]] [[Democratic]] congressmen from [[Maryland]]'s 7th district. When baited by [[ABC]]'s Jonathan Carl to call [[President Trump]] racist, Cummings declined. | + | '''Elijah Cummings''' (January 18, 1951 – October 17, 2019) was a [[far-left]] [[Democratic]] congressmen from [[Maryland]]'s 7th district. When baited by [[ABC]]'s Jonathan Carl to call [[President Trump]] racist, Cummings declined. |
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| | Cummings has accused border patrol agents who are predominantly [[Hispanic]] of a "deficit of empathy".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1mOA_wBEO8</ref> | | Cummings has accused border patrol agents who are predominantly [[Hispanic]] of a "deficit of empathy".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1mOA_wBEO8</ref> |
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| | + | Cummings died on October 17, 2019.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | + | *Kent, Simon (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/elijah-cummings-longtime-baltimore-congressman-dead-at-68/ Elijah Cummings, Longtime Baltimore Congressman, Dead at 68]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2019. |
| | + | *Wong, Scott (October 17, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/466219-rep-elijah-cummings-dies-at-age-68 Veteran Rep. Elijah Cummings dies at age 68]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref> |
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| | ==7th district== | | ==7th district== |
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| | Bernie Sanders said of West Baltimore: {{quotebox|Residents of Baltimore’s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in [[North Korea]]. That is a disgrace.<ref>https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/728278867639676930</ref>}} Sanders further added, "anyone who took the walk that we took around this Baltimore neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation, you'd think that you were in a [[Third World]] country”.<ref>https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sanders-baltimore-20151207-story.html</ref> In a walking tour of House Oversight Committee chair [[Elijah Cummings]]' district Mayor Catherine Pugh said {{quotebox|What the hell – we should just take all this s**t down. Oooh....you can smell the rats!<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbxLZycZwE&feature=youtu.be</ref>}} | | Bernie Sanders said of West Baltimore: {{quotebox|Residents of Baltimore’s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in [[North Korea]]. That is a disgrace.<ref>https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/728278867639676930</ref>}} Sanders further added, "anyone who took the walk that we took around this Baltimore neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation, you'd think that you were in a [[Third World]] country”.<ref>https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sanders-baltimore-20151207-story.html</ref> In a walking tour of House Oversight Committee chair [[Elijah Cummings]]' district Mayor Catherine Pugh said {{quotebox|What the hell – we should just take all this s**t down. Oooh....you can smell the rats!<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbxLZycZwE&feature=youtu.be</ref>}} |
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| − | In 2019 Baltimore Deputy Police Chief was robbed at gunpoint.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/arrests-announced-in-gunpoint-robbery-baltimore-deputy-police-commissioner</ref> By mid year the city of Baltimore and Rep. Cummings' district, using Cummings own language,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGt4m_rODA&feature=youtu.be</REF> was a rat infested dump with 180 homicides.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/video-proves-trump-right-baltimore-is-rat-infested-dump-with-180-homicides-so-far-this-year-video/</ref>. Rep. Cummings own home was burglarized in Cummings own "crime infested neighborhood," using Cummings own language, hours before [[President Trump]] called national attention to poverty, crime, and health conditions in Baltimore worse than the home of [[Central America]]n asylum seekers or in [[ICE]] facilities. Baltimore is so infested with rodents the ''Baltimore Sun'' published a map of rat hot spot map.<ref>https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1155352238493069312</ref><ref>https://archive.fo/bn0Zx</ref> [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] white-flighted from Baltimore in 1962.<ref>https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/10/07/family-dynasty-may-boost-pelosi-to-head-of-house-2/amp/</ref><ref>https://qz.com/393128/white-flight-decimated-baltimore-businesses-long-before-rioters-showed-up/amp/</ref> | + | In 2019 Baltimore Deputy Police Chief was robbed at gunpoint.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/arrests-announced-in-gunpoint-robbery-baltimore-deputy-police-commissioner</ref> By mid-year the city of Baltimore and Rep. Cummings' district, using Cummings own language,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGt4m_rODA&feature=youtu.be</REF> was a rat-infested dump with 180 homicides.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/video-proves-trump-right-baltimore-is-rat-infested-dump-with-180-homicides-so-far-this-year-video/</ref>. Rep. Cummings own home was burglarized in Cummings own "crime infested neighborhood," using Cummings own language, hours before [[President Trump]] called national attention to poverty, crime, and health conditions in Baltimore worse than the home of [[Central America]]n asylum seekers or in [[ICE]] facilities. Baltimore is so infested with rodents the ''Baltimore Sun'' published a map of rat hot spot map.<ref>https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1155352238493069312</ref><ref>https://archive.fo/bn0Zx</ref> [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] white-flighted from Baltimore in 1962.<ref>https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/10/07/family-dynasty-may-boost-pelosi-to-head-of-house-2/amp/</ref><ref>https://qz.com/393128/white-flight-decimated-baltimore-businesses-long-before-rioters-showed-up/amp/</ref> |
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| − | During [[President Obama]]'s [[IRS scandal]], Cummings attacked the [[Texas]] True the Vote organization in a letter. He wrote that “some have suggested that your true goal is not voter integrity, but [[voter suppression]] against thousands of legitimate voters who traditionally vote for Democratic candidates.” He added that: “If these efforts are intentional, politically motivated, and widespread across multiple states, they could amount to a criminal conspiracy to deny legitimate voters their constitutional rights.” He also decried True the Vote on [[MSNBC]] and [[CNN]]. | + | During [[President Obama]]'s [[IRS scandal]], Cummings attacked the [[Texas]] True the Vote organization in a letter. He wrote that "some have suggested that your true goal is not voter integrity, but [[voter suppression]] against thousands of legitimate voters who traditionally vote for Democratic candidates." He added that: "If these efforts are intentional, politically motivated, and widespread across multiple states, they could amount to a criminal conspiracy to deny legitimate voters their constitutional rights." He also decried True the Vote on [[MSNBC]] and [[CNN]]. |
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| − | True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht said she believes that because she worked against [[voter fraud]], she was targeted. | + | True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht said she believes that because she worked against [[voter fraud]], she was targeted. |
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| − | The Engelbrechts continued receiving harassment by the [[Obama administration]] and after three years their non profit status remained unapproved.<ref> | + | The Engelbrechts continued receiving harassment by the [[Obama administration]] and after three years their non-profit status remained unapproved.<ref> |
| | https://www.nationalreview.com/article/348756/true-scandal-jillian-kay-melchior</ref> | | https://www.nationalreview.com/article/348756/true-scandal-jillian-kay-melchior</ref> |
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