# Elijah Cummings has died
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [October 17, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895 "2019-10-17T11:47:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895/21 "2019-10-18T03:11:35Z")
That is totally my bad. I did get them confused. I’m a shitty liberal:smack: However the basic he’s a politician, so he’s a shithead thing pissed me off. Judging by his recent actions, I think he was an example of the kind of politician that puts proper conduct above party. He will be missed
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### Author:  [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895/22 "2019-10-18T03:13:01Z")
Not that it’s an excuse, but I’ve been drinking.
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### Author:  [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895/23 "2019-10-18T12:01:09Z")
He will be deeply missed.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895/24 "2019-10-18T20:20:36Z")
**pool** , when you try to get rid of all of the politicians, you don’t end up with no politicians. You end up with at least as many as you had before, but they’re all worse politicians. Attitudes like yours are a large part of _why_ so many politicians are bad.
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### Author:  [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895/25 "2019-10-18T21:24:17Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#):
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> Same question backatcha.
I don’t know (that’s why I asked). Prior to this thread I couldn’t have named a single accomplishment of his aside from getting elected to Congress and selected as a committee chairman. **Walken After Midnight** mentioned some of his speeches in Congress, so I guess that’d be #3?
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