Rep. Elijah Cummings Laid To Rest In Baltimore: President Obama Gives Touching Tribute – There’s Nothing Weak About Being Honorable 

Rep. Elijah Cummings Laid To Rest In Baltimore: President Obama Gives Touching Tribute – There’s Nothing Weak About Being Honorable

Representative Elijah Cummings was laid to rest today (10/25/19) in a massive homegoing service in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Rep. Cummings was a proud member of the Democratic party, and coveted member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Elijah E Cummings

He was regarded as one of the most powerful voices of the Democratic party, and key figure in the launch of Donald Trump‘s impeachment investigation.

Yesterday, (10/24/19) Rep. Cummings made more history as the first Black lawmaker to lie in the U.S. State Capitol. Friends, family, and political icons lined up before daybreak at New Psalmist Baptist Church to remember him at his televised funeral.

Mourners lined up early this morning outside the New Psalmist Baptist Church to honor Rep. Elijah Cummings. https://t.co/a56tLO6QAq pic.twitter.com/wegMqQdamP

— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2019

Members of congress and past presidents alike were tapped to tribute the late lawmaker.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "Elijah was a proud man. Proud of his heritage, proud of Baltimore and proud of America. He always appealed to our better angels…calling us to live up to our principles and for a higher purpose." https://t.co/YYvjYoYGIz pic.twitter.com/IlmiI1WKmS

— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2019

President Barack Obama

President Obama remembering Rep. Elijah Cummings: "There's nothing weak about being honorable. You're not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect." pic.twitter.com/qvmJiIeEwL

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) October 25, 2019

President Bill Clinton

“He was not even a teenager when he hauled down to the swimming pool and joined a group to integrate it,” Bill Clinton says of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings. “And for his trouble, gets banged on the head with a glass bottle, leaving him a lifetime scar which he wore with honor” pic.twitter.com/8RPGWOIoPW

— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) October 25, 2019

Senator Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton begins her eulogy of Rep. Elijah Cummings: "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it—because this is the day for the home going celebration of a great man, a moral leader, and a friend." https://t.co/87H50yox0v pic.twitter.com/kr9bl9Cl5F

— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2019

Even Rep. Elijah Cumming’s daughters remembered their father with their own eulogies.

Elijah Cummings' daughter Adia Cummings: "He equipped me with the tools that have prepared me to stand here with you today. And he made it his life's mission to ensure every child in the country was as equally equipped.

"We owe it to him…to not let his life's work go in vain." pic.twitter.com/g5VZu5X7Na

— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2019

Elijah Cummings' daughter, Jennifer Cummings, reads a letter she wrote dedicated to the late congressman: "While you were congressman, Mr. Chairman…Perhaps the most important title you held in your 68 years of life on this earth was 'dad.'" https://t.co/DG1z9lEE6z pic.twitter.com/seWWYmkkus

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) October 25, 2019

Rep. Elijah Cummings succumbed to “complications concerning longstanding health challenges” on October 17th at John Hopkins University Hospital. He was 68 years old.

theJasmineBRAND extends condolences to the friends, family, and colleagues of Rep. Cummings.

Written by Miata Shanay