CBS Spends Almost Half of Cummings Tribute Talking About Trump

Nicholas Fondacaro | October 17, 2019
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Elijah Cummings (D), the late Maryland congressman who passed away due to health complications Thursday, was the son of sharecrop farmers who became civil rights icon and served for decades in the House of Representatives. But CBS Evening News boiled his life achievements down to largely what he was doing the last few years of his life: battling President Trump.

“Flags were lowered to half-staff today at the White House, U.S. Capitol, and across Maryland in honor of Congressman Elijah Cummings, the longtime civil rights champion,” anchor Norah O’Donnell solemnly began at the top of the segment before noting he was also a “key figure in the impeachment inquiry.”

Of all the quotes Cummings’ made over his 68 years of life, correspondent Chip Reid chose to start his report with one about President Trump. “I may be dancing with the angels when all of this is corrected but I gotta tell you, we must fight for our democracy,” Cummings said on June 12 of this year.

After sharing touching words from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Reid reported that “Cummings, who was chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee spent last few years battling health issues and President Trump.”

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