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Elijah Cummings

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (January 18, 1951-October 17, 2019)
    Born in Baltimore, Maryland
    Represents Maryland's 7th congressional district in the House of Representatives (Beginning in 1996)
    Previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates (1983-96)
    Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
    Democrat

Why he might be annoying:

    He could pass as a John L. Lewis doppelganger.
    The physical resemblance between the two men is so uncanny that personalities from both CNN and Fox News have confused them on-air.
    He engaged in a war of words with President Trump over the state of his district after criticizing border detention facilities, in which Trump decried West Baltimore as a 'rat- and rodent-infested mess' (Jul. 2019).
    Although the President's comments were criticized as racist by many, some on the right pointed to a 1999 House floor speech in which he described Baltimore as 'a drug-infested area where people are walking around like zombies.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    In his role as chair of the Oversight Committee he presided over the first public testimony by President Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
    He defended Mark Meadows during a heated exchange with Rashida Tlaib, after she accused Meadows of using Lynne Patton as a prop to deflect from accusations of racism.
    His home in West Baltimore was burglarized during his feud with President Trump, who gloated about it in a tweet ('too bad!')
    He responded to President Trump's attacks in a statement: 'Mr. President, I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors. It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.'

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 136 Votes: 55.15% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 73 Votes: 53.42% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 79 Votes: 43.04% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 515 Votes: 52.82% Annoying