Elijah Cummings endorses Hillary Clinton after staying neutral for months

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Elijah Cummings endorses Hillary Clinton after staying neutral for months

by Rachel Weiner at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/elijah-cummings-endorses-hillary-clinton-after-staying-neutral-for-months/2016/04/10/af305556-ff29-11e5-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html

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Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) endorsed Hillary Clinton on Sunday, after months of staying neutral in the presidential contest because of his post as the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

“Families in Baltimore who are hurting right now need more than the promise of a political revolution,” Cummings wrote in an op-ed submitted to The Washington Post.

He added that Clinton “not only understands the challenges facing Baltimore and other cities, she’s laid out a clear and detailed agenda that meets those challenges head-on.”

A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll released last week showed Clinton with a clear lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) in Maryland’s Democratic primary, but her advantage has narrowed over the past few months. She leads Sanders 55 percent to 40 percent among likely Democratic voters in the state; a Baltimore Sun poll last month showed her pulling ahead by roughly 30 percentage points.



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[BillZBubb]

1. I guess Bill's dress down of BLM inspired Mr. Cummings choice!

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Who wants to be on the receiving end of a 2AM BubbaGram? nt

[oasis]

13. Most likely inspired by Hillary's ass kicking of Trey Gowdy

during the Congressional hearings on her e-mails. Cummings was her tag team partner.

[Lucinda]

2. KNR

[pdsimdars]

3. Sickens the soul. The sell outs.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Well, we know that Hillary has had an "enemies list"

since at least 2008. Maybe Cummings doesn't want to be on it. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/hillary-clinton-hit-list-102067

[Sheepshank]

16. Sickens?

People feel that sense of disappointment when a very important endorsement goes the other way. But to call Elijah Cummings a sell out is a pretty piss poor reaction. Omfg....look up his life's work, and take a nausea pill and get real.

[pdsimdars]

19. Again, all you seem aware of is the superficial . . . like the label "Democrat"

It is not what people have DONE it's what they DO right now. Judas was one of the main disciples, that doesn't give him blanket coverage from everything he did. Go a little deeper than the shiny surface.

But that seems to be the whole characteristic of the Clinton campaign -- superficial.
The best example is the list of endorsements.

EVERY endorsement Hillary has gotten has been from the LEADERSHIP, from a very few people at the top who she convinced to endorse her.

For Bernie EVERY endorsement has been from the MEMBERSHIP, that is they polled the members of that organization and Bernie won.

That is quite a STARK contrast and tells you a great deal about your candidate, if you're even paying attention. Ours is supposed to be a government OF the PEOPLE, not of the oligarchs. Does that mean anything to you?

S U P E R F I C I A L.

[Sheepshank]

20. I have no idea wtf you mean in your title

as for the further deification of Bernie into Christ II...talk about sickens and cultish.

[pdsimdars]

21. It's in English. You seem to only be aware of the superficial.

the rest of that message gives some pretty good explanation.
Do you have any reply about those issues, or just the usual deflection and non-answers?

[Sheepshank]

22. somehow your "sickens" doesn't seem all that deep...grab a mirror, it may help in the future. nt

[revbones]

4. Translation: Not needed then, but now the Hillary desperation requires him to... nt

[reACTIONary]

7. All Right ! E.C. is my rep, and I'm ....

..... very happy for his endorsement !

[Beacool]

8. Great endorsement!!!

And in a state that hasn't voted yet.

[SharonClark]

9. Great news! Thanks for sharing

[DanTex]

10. Under the bus you go!

[Trenzalore]

11. The question is what do Bernie supporters call him

1) Corporate Hack
2) Coward
3) Hillary has blackmail material

[Ron Green]

12. I won't call him names. He works within a bought system, and is simply doing what

would be expected of anyone working within such a system. The hidebound politics of this country will not be easily changed, but the signal has been sounded.

[CorkySt.Clair]

23. "Sellout", is how one Berner referred to him upthread.

[tonedevil]

14. Representative Cummings...

is a very solid and impressive endorsement. As a supporter of Senator Sanders I want to express my complete respect for the importance to Secretary Clinton on this.

[TMontoya]

15. Wow

This is huge! Great endorsement for Clinton. This continue her increased support in the state.

[Sheepshank]

17. Wow...thanks Mr. Cummings nt

[oasis]

18. Kick