*The widow of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings not only said the obvious, but said what needed to be said at his funeral on Friday about Donald Trump.
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings let the world know that attacks by President Trump on the congressman’s beloved hometown “hurt him” and made the final months of his life more difficult.
Cummings, chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, said her late husband was trying to protect “the soul of our democracy” and fighting “very real corruption” as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where he played a central role in investigating the Trump administration.
As we reported, this past Summer Trump lashed out at Cummings, calling Baltimore, the heart of his district, a “rat-infested” place where no one would want to live. At the time, Cummings did not respond directly to the attacks, but today at his funeral, his wife spoke about the wounds they inflicted on him.
Here’s more via the Washington Post:
Rockeymoore Cummings spoke near the end of a lengthy funeral program at New Psalmist Baptist Church, where Cummings worshiped for decades — showing up regularly on Sunday mornings for the 7:15 a.m. service.
She was followed by former presidents Bill Clinton — who visited the church with Cummings in the 1990s — and Barack Obama, the nation’s first black commander in chief, both of whom hailed the longtime lawmaker as an inspiration and a friend.
Cummings was the son of sharecroppers who moved to Baltimore to build a better life for their seven children. His parents “came from nothing and carved out just a little something,” Obama said, adding that Cummings “went on to fight for the rights and opportunities of forgotten people all across America.”
In his remarks, President Obama did not deal with what’s going on in Washington, directly. However, he praised Cummings as a moral voice and an example of how to act, both in public and in private.
There’s nothing wrong with “being honorable,” Obama said, drawing cheers and knowing laughs from the crowd. “You’re not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect.”
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