NY Times Lays on Hero Schtick for Trump Foe, ‘Spiritual Man’ Rep. Elijah Cummings

Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg buttered up another influential Democrat, House Oversight Committee chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings. Rep. Cummings, who is aggressively, some would say recklessly, going after the Trump administration and threatening the president with impeachment, was hailed in a profile in Thursday’s New York Times: “Evenhanded Chairman Changes His Tone as the President Tests His Patience” Even after President Trump sued him last month to keep his business records secret, Representative Elijah E. Cummings kept his cool and urged Congress to move slowly on impeachment. But with Mr. Trump manning a full-scale blockade of Democrats’ access to documents and witnesses, the ordinarily careful Democrat is, like the rest of his caucus, growing -- More....