He will be deeply missed, not just by the people of Baltimore but also by the people of America, especially his colleagues in Congress. And, anyway, who says U.S. I had stayed up all night working and couldn’t fall asleep after that. 2 Republican Senators Post Photos of Elijah Cummings in John Lewis Tributes. They said, “If Elijah Cummings said such and such a thing, it must be the right thing to do.” When he said yes, he meant yes. The photo was previously used in a post last year paying tribute to Cummings.Actor Bill Corbett hilariously warned, “fellow white people, please do not embarrass yourselves today by confusing Rep. Elijah Cummings with Rep. John Lewis.”But apparently Senator Rubio felt he had to take responsibility for the fuck-up, himself.Their former Congressional COLLEAGUE has been gone from their congress for nine months now.Apparently, both Senators spent about as much time and attention to detail on their tributes, as they do for legislation affecting African-American Communities. ... and Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) WASHINGTON — In attempting to honor the late Rep. John Lewis after his death, two Republican senators mistakenly used a photo of Rep. Elijah Cummings, who … There would be individuals from his own city who would say things like, “I’m from Baltimore,” and I would say, “But I represent Atlanta.” People would sometimes call him John and they would call me Elijah, and we would laugh about it–and I took some joy in it, since he was taller and younger.When he died on Oct. 17, at age 68, I heard the news on television. When he said no, he meant no.
The mistake is so common Lewis' name is currently trending on Twitter due to a slew of corrections. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), however, had a bit of a gaffe when he shared a tribute to Lewis but included a picture of him with Elijah Cummings (D-MD). In a now-deleted tweet in the wake of the death of civil rights icon and Georgia Democratic Rep. John Lewis, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) shared a photo of the late Senator Elijah Cummings (D-MD), a mistake that unsurprisingly invited a wave of mockery from Twitter. Cummings in the House Oversight Committee hearing room in Washington on May … The president was more animated about Regis Philbin’s death than Lewis’s.
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and John Dingell ... Lewis and Cummings … John Lewis (left), Elijah Cummings (right). When Elijah Cummings spoke, members listened. In October, 2019.Here is U.S. Representative John Lewis paying tribute to his friend and colleague, in 2019:Some might say that the two of them look similar.Others, like producer Manny Fidel, urged national media outlets not to make the same glaring mistake: “I am begging you.”Though in his subsequent post, he made multiple errors of both spelling and grammar.Sullivan shared a new post on Facebook that refers to a Washington Post article on Lewis’ death.I am glad that Rep. Lewis hung on long enough to see that so many Americans now support Black Lives Matter.The reverse happened when Rep. Cummings died last year:A brilliant and beautiful video from The Lincoln ProjectSullivan issued an apology for a now-deleted Facebook post paying tribute to Lewis that featured a photo of the Alaska senator with Cummings — the Maryland congressman who died last year — in front of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Senators have to keep up with who’s who in the lowly House?Earlier Saturday, Rubio tweeted an image that mistook Cummings for Lewis, and acknowledged the error after deleting his initial post and replacing it with a new message paying tribute to Lewis.I mean, they’re both black and bald, right?But their faces are so different.Alaskan Senator Dan Sullivan is blaming his staff.Credit where credit is due…………..Sens. Search Input. They wanted to hear his words. Marco Rubio tweets photo of Elijah Cummings in John Lewis remembrance ... Sen. Marco Rubio took to social media on Saturday to mourn the death of Rep. John Lewis… The reverse happened when Rep. Cummings died last year: This got extra weird, however, when folks began posting photos of Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a close friend and lookalike of Cummings… I understand the confusion. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Saturday issued apologies after erroneously posting photos of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings in social media posts that paid tribute to Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) following his recent death.But U.S. Representative Cummings died recently too. He was a leader among leaders. But more than a leader–Elijah Cummings was a friend. Marco Rubio Mistakes John Lewis for Elijah Cummings in Twitter Tribute Senator Marco Rubio Tribute to John Lewis Err, Sorry ... That's Not John Lewis. We met in Congress, and I got to know him fairly well because from time to time people would confuse us. The late Rep. John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus waited to enter as a group to attend the memorial services for Rep. Elijah Cummings at … John Lewis: What Made Elijah Cummings a Leader Among Leaders. Once the …