You Just Know Elijah Cummings Knows the Lyrics to the Theme from M*A*S*H

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You stay classy, Rep. Elijah Cummings, (D-Md):

During Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearings on the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., explained to one of the witnesses that “death was a part of life.”

After Gregory Hicks, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, revealed his firsthand account of the terrorist attacks, the rest of the room sat in silence. Cummings explained to Hicks that the dramatic testimony reminded him of a eulogy he gave years ago for a relative.

“I said that ‘Death is a part of life but so often we have to find a way to make life a part of death,'” Cummings stated.

As Bryan Preston adds, “Rep. Elijah Cummings used his opening statement to attack Issa and assail the as yet undelivered whistleblowers’ testimony. Cummings in effect filibustered their testimony by wasting time, while he claimed to be a champion of whistleblowers. Disgraceful.”

Update: “Elijah Cummings, the Democratic ranking member at the Benghazi hearing, told a State Department whistleblower that he has to ‘protect your fellow employees’ at today’s hearing:”

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Really, isn’t that more the MSM’s job?