Cummings on 'Adam Schitt': 'Mr. President, please do not do that'

[left-of-center2012]

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Monday denounced President Trump for referring to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) as "Adam Schitt."

"I would say to the president directly: Mr. President, please do not do that," Cummings said on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports." "That is beneath you and it is beneath this office."

Cummings defended Schiff as "one of the most brilliant members of our Congress" and a "phenomenal human being." He said there is "no need" to call anybody names.

Trump attacked Schiff as "little Adam Schitt" in a tweet on Sunday after the congressman suggested the appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was unconstitutional.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/417464-elijah-cummings-on-adam-schitt-mr-president-please-do-not-do-that

[Guppy]

1. correction- it is not beneath him

it is him

[Different Drummer]

15. True. Nothing is beneath the Tiny Toadstool. n/t

[MineralMan]

2. Here's a better way to express that:

"Trump! Knock it the fuck off!" He doesn't understand the word "please."

[Small-Axe]

3. Yeah, we only wish is was beneath him.

It is beneath the office.

Trump is a daily embarrassment.

[FakeNoose]

4. Good on you, Rep. Cummings!

[dameatball]

5. If Trump passed Schiff in the hallway there is no way he would speak that way. Not face to face,

[Cha]

6. We all know trump has taken "the office" down

to the sewer with him where the rats multiply.

[CatMor]

7. It is not beneath trump it's right up his alley ...

trump is totally uncouth.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. Rules on decorum do not apply to Donnie Two Scoops.

Actually, I bet he can't even spell "decorum," much less abide by it.

[NotAPuppet]

9. What do you expect from

President Mushroom-Penis? Every time you think that he can’t sink any lower, Trump proves everybody wrong. Disgusting creature.

[spanone]

10. Elijah Cummings has more class in his little toe than trump can ever imagine in a lifetime

[thbobby]

14. I agree completely

Elijah Cummings is classy as always. A remarkable contrast to trump. I do not know the right way to confront the idiot in chief, but Cummings is a dignified and remarkable person.

[lillypaddle]

11. I hope Adam Schiff runs for Prez

He may be too vanilla, though, although vanilla may be a welcome change from what we have now.

[bluescribbler]

12. With all due respect to Rep. Cummings

He is mistaken when he says, "That is beneath you". Nothing is beneath #45.

[BlueStater]

13. It's not beneath him at all.

He has no bottom.