Maryland congressman Elijah Cummings compared the 'send her back' chants at a recent rally for President Donald Trump to the civil rights desegregation era of the 1960s, declaring the president a
"Yes, no doubt about it. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt," Cummings replied.
The Maryland Democrat said he has spoken to all four members of the progressive"Squad" in Congress — Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley — and he believes they have"common sense and a commitment to do the right thing." "I've told them they can say the things they need to say but they've got to say it in a different way," Cummings said."There's a way of saying things. You'll never hear me — you'll rarely hear me — say the word 'racist.' You'll never hear me call somebody a 'liar' for example.
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