Elijah Cummings, you are a goddamned national treasure.

[ehrnst]

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Thank you.

[dameatball]

1. Elijah brought the thunder!

[R B Garr]

2. Loved it!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. That was a terrific closing statement. Loved it.

[rocktivity]

17. You're welcome.

rocktivity

[llmart]

21. Thank you for posting that.

I have tears in my eyes. I feel Cohen's tear are real too. He seems to really care about his family and the story about daughters really touched him. He was trying desperately to hold it together.

[Scotch-Irish]

38. I saw that. Even his lawyer behind him was having trouble holding it together.

The pain and remorse was evident. That's a nasty hurt -- knowing you've done something you can never un-do, and feeling every sting of remorse and shame about having done it. And in his case, going through it with the eyes of the whole world on you. Takes my breath away. And now he's going to prison.

I wish every teenager could watch this clip, and understand how totally you can screw up your life by going down the wrong path, and how bad it can hurt.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Thank you Elijah Cummings.

[Nanjeanne]

5. That passionate closing brought me to tears.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Hearty applause at the end.

We have to keep our democracy intact!

[samnsara]

7. i felt like i was in church!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. K & R

[ehrnst]

9. "When we are dancing with angels they will want to know what we did in 2019." (nt)

[lunatica]

10. Thank you sir!

It makes me proud to be an American. Something I want to feel. Proud.

[PTWB]

11. He knocked it out of the park.

[Basement Beat]

12. Geez, the final hour had me on the edge of my seat!

[easttexaslefty]

13. Amen

Thank you

[George II]

14. Amazing, and emotional.

[Empowerer]

15. As I noted in another thread, his handling of the Tlaib/Meadows scuffle was brilliant

He stepped in, drew the fire away from Tlaib, calmed Meadows down and got him to back off.

The Chair protected his junior Member and kept the peace.

We watched a master and a good man at work today.

[ehrnst]

16. Yes. Someone who made the transition from

activist to legislator masterfully.

He is that rare person who manages both well.

[irisblue]

18. Rep Cummings runs his Committee very well.

[Paladin]

19. Our Father, Who Art In D.C..............(nt)

[Fritz Walter]

20. Despite the RepubliCONs' sycophancy!

I was working at home today, which gave me the opportunity to watch the CSPAN coverage of the entire session.
After the first couple of Repukes' displays of posturing and painfully-obvious obsequience to their lord-and-master (Individual-1), I decided to mute their juvenile performances.
From start to finish, Chairman Cummings maintained order and ensured that the witness's testimony got onto the public record.

Well done, sir!

[Dem2theMax]

22. Tears in my eyes

and a huge lump in my throat.

Elijah Cummings.

[lillypaddle]

23. Let's let him know.

Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) · Twitter

[TNNurse]

24. A friend posted on FB how proud she is to live in his district.

My congressman is a GOP waste of time and space.

[JHan]

25. brought me to tears.

[Uncle Joe]

26. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread ehrnst.

[sheshe2]

27. I teared up.

Incredibly moving.

[highplainsdem]

28. Yes, he is. Incrediby moving, powerful statements.

[Honeycombe8]

29. He IS a national treasure. A heck of a person and Chairman.

What a difference from the Republican so-called hearings. Cummings was fair to all, polite, moved things along, but decisive and let Cohen finish answers, and shut down Republican fillibustering a few times.

[oasis]

31. Cummings did a commendable job assisting Hillary throughout her

grueling 11 hour committee hearing. They were a pair to behold with their handling of the GOP harpies.

[Honeycombe8]

33. I missed that, if it was televised. I was moving.

Sorry I missed that.

[AmericanActivist]

30. Absolutely! Nm

[phylny]

32. I just stayed up to watch the entire hearing, including the ending.

I do not know how any members of the Republican party can look Mr. Cummings in the eye. Honestly. I just don't. They are filth on the bottom of his shoes.

Mr. Cummings, I am in awe.

[ginnyinWI]

34. +100!

This speech will be remembered. Played after he passes on.

[GetRidOfThem]

35. I watched the whole afternoon performance, and I agree

Elijah Commings really showed himself superbly. I was very, very impressed by him.

And yes, Cohen's tears were real.

[panfluteman]

36. Perhaps the title you chose for this thread offends those of us who have religious sensibilities...

And maybe even Representative Cummings himself, considering that he was named after the biblical prophet Elijah. At the very least, it seems like he was a preacher's son - and maybe he's also a preacher himself.

[Lucky Luciano]

37. Very high quality on many levels. nt