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SunSeeker

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14. Serving America until his last dying breath.

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2019, 05:41 PM

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Elijah Cummings 'signed subpoenas from his hospital bed' for Trump impeachment before his death [View all] mucifer Oct 2019 OP

He was a great American patriot. madaboutharry Oct 2019 #1

heartbreaking, how much he loved his fellow Americans, and that he is gone so soon. nt spooky3 Oct 2019 #2

Good Lord... Amazing... targetpractice Oct 2019 #3

+ 1 million. MBS Oct 2019 #11

We have to finish what he started. We can do this. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #40

You bet he did. MontanaMama Oct 2019 #4

Oh how we loved you, Elijah Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #5

YES!! MBS Oct 2019 #12

Brother in Baltimore. FM123 Oct 2019 #6

A great loss to our country. Autumn Oct 2019 #7

And now I understand what his wife meant by, "He Worked Until His Last Breath." Kind of Blue Oct 2019 #8

Just too sad Marie Marie Oct 2019 #9

"I'm going to do what feeds my soul," as Rep. Cummings once said Kind of Blue Oct 2019 #17

Sad but wonderful too Botany Oct 2019 #19

Great comment. So true. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2019 #23

Elijah Cummings 'signed subpoenas from his hospital bed' for Trump impeachment before his death ... Jopin Klobe Oct 2019 #10

This!! sobenji Oct 2019 #20

A Democrat who died with his boots on Auggie Oct 2019 #25

I sure wish he'd lived long enough to see the orange menace run out of town. Vinca Oct 2019 #13

Yes. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #18

Yes, but he was the first to see those signed subpoenas. nt NCjack Oct 2019 #24

Serving America until his last dying breath. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #14

Damn, Man! Collimator Oct 2019 #15

He worked more in his hospital bed than BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #16

He knew and felt the importance of this! bluestarone Oct 2019 #21

RW Twitter keyboard 'experts' have been wailing & honking over this already irisblue Oct 2019 #22

I can think of NO republican SCVDem Oct 2019 #26

He'll really be missed. But signing subpoenas for the Trump impeachment investigation The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #27

I can't help thinking of all the suffering he's enduredf in his life. I don't think anybody else napi21 Oct 2019 #28

You may be thinking of John Lewis, The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #30

You're right. Sorry. nt napi21 Oct 2019 #33

Clearly a life well lived bottomofthehill Oct 2019 #29

Now that's a patriot. Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #31

I'm 71, closer to 72. My new goal in my years left .. DemoTex Oct 2019 #32

+1 fleabiscuit Oct 2019 #34

Very fitting. RIP Rep. Cummings riversedge Oct 2019 #35

Nevertheless he persisted. herding cats Oct 2019 #36

A patriot till the very end MustLoveBeagles Oct 2019 #37

Queue the Republican spin machine melm00se Oct 2019 #38

They'll argue that the subpoenas are no longer valid due to his death. NurseJackie Oct 2019 #39

Russiapublicans are no longer valid, due to the death of their souls. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #41

You're right about that. NurseJackie Oct 2019 #42

Signed a whole stack of blank subpoenas. We'll fill them out as we go. nt Hotler Oct 2019 #43

"...to the last." calimary Oct 2019 #44

My heart aches for my city and my country. Godspeed good man, Godspeed. nt Baltimike Oct 2019 #45

A troubling thought. I was on the phone today with a colleague. PatrickforO Oct 2019 #46

Very grateful for his work. Nt BootinUp Oct 2019 #47