Elijah Cummings: If the public knew what Congress knows they would boycott the inauguration too

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/elijah-cummings-if-the-public-knew-what-congress-knows-they-would-boycott-the-inauguration-too/

Elijah Cummings: ‘If the public knew what Congress knows’ they would boycott the inauguration too
David Edwards
19 Jan 2017 at 09:42 ET


Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on Thursday asserted that the general public would boycott Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration if they had access to classified information about Russia’s interference in the U.S. election.

During an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Cummings explained that he would be attending the inauguration but he defended the more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who have vowed not to show up.

“You’ve got to understand that members of Congress have a lot of information that the public does not have,” Cummings said. “And I can tell you over the last week or two, the classified briefings that I have been to, and if the public knew what members of Congress know…”

“Why don’t they?” Cuomo interrupted. “If it’s that important that it’s going to make people not go to the inauguration… shouldn’t people know?”

Cummings argued that Congress needed to move forward with an investigation into the role both Russia and FBI Director James Comey played in influencing the U.S. election so that more information could be released to the public.

“It seems as if the Republicans are sort of letting President-elect Trump sort of just move forward with regard to the conflict of interest issues {and} this whole hacking issue,” the Maryland Democrat noted. “And I’m really concerned that we as Democrats have to push harder on Republicans to do something so that our standards are met and that he gets rid of these conflicts and he also deals with the hacking.”

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[FoxNewsSucks]

1. I don't understand why so many democrats

seem content to go along with letting republicons take the office. They cheated. Why the hell is loser tRump being installed?

[bdamomma]

2. exactly

call off the fucking inauguration then. Cummings should be called all day long.

They need to go through all this red tape stuff such as committee hearings what the hell tell the american people.

Hey 900,000 will be marching on Saturday to voice our dissatisfaction. And probably more all around the world.

[uponit7771]

3. +1, either that or they're thinking about 18 and 20... but with hacking WTF do they expect !?!?!

[Thrill]

4. They weak as shit

Always have been. If Democrats were as ruthless as Repubs they would never lose elections

[Wounded Bear]

6. If they were "as ruthless as Republicans" they wouldn't be Democrats...

[truebluegreen]

5. I don't understand why so many indulge

in magical thinking. There are no Constitutional do-oversies short of impeachment, or using the 25th amendment (declaring the President is incapable of carrying out the duties of his office). Both require congressional action...and how likely do you think that is?

We have two options: Ride out the next two years and take back Congress, or sit back and let the Deep State take him out and replace him with the more-predictable Pence.

That's it.