Liberal Congressman Gives Media Pep Talk: ‘This Is Your Moment...We Cannot Afford to Lose This One’

Newsbusters.org ^ | May 19, 2017 | Curtis Houck

[Kaslin]

While speaking to reporters Friday morning at the U.S. Capitol, liberal Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings (Md.) gave his fellow lefties a pep talk and marching orders, telling them that “this is your moment” and “we cannot afford to lose” this fight for America (against President Trump and his supporters). 

Cummings spoke following a briefing from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on the firing of FBI Director James Comey and, prior to his mini-speech, complained about the firing having “turned into a mess” and applauded Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel on the Russia investigation.

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Liberal Rep. Cummings Gives Media Pep Talk: ‘This Is Your Moment...We Cannot Afford to Lose’

Here’s the relevant portion of the transcript from Cummings’s remarks to the media on May 19:

U.S. Capitol Building
May 19, 2017
11:14 a.m. Eastern

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS (Md.): This morning I said on CNN, I said, this thing has turned into a mess. I mean, we've got to straighten this out and I think — I think we need to pour politics out of this as much as possible and by the way, for those same reasons is why I like Mueller, okay? The same reasons. Thank you all. I really appreciate you all. 

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE REPORTER: Thank you, sir.

CUMMINGS: By the way, if there is any moment that the press in our country's history has a major role, it is this moment. This is your moment. You have got to put it out there so people can understand what is going on. I have said it before and I'll say it again, this is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. We cannot afford to lose this one. Thank you very much.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER: Thank you.

[Lent]

‘A pox on both their houses for three generations!’

I’ll take that three and raise you three more!

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Elijah Cummings - corrupt IRS abusing Congressmen. He should be in jail.