'Absolutely surreal': Rep. Elijah Cummings statement about 'Bridgegate' bereft of self-awareness

Doug P. | 6:53 PM on January 08, 2014

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) suddenly had a “Bridgegate” induced requirement for a thorough vetting of a possible presidential candidate:

Rep Elijah Cummings to CNN "astounding" what happened…we gotta know "what kind of guy is probably going to run for president" #bridgegate

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) January 8, 2014

Ha! Not only is the part about vetting funny, but Cummings’ selective outrage is a thing to behold.

@vplus Lies about keeping your doctor: meh. IRS targeting his political enemies: meh. Using DOJ on reporters: meh. Stopped traffic: OUTRAGE!

— Razor (@hale_razor) January 8, 2014

Christie messed with traffic. Obama trafficked guns to Mexican druglords.

— Razor (@hale_razor) January 8, 2014

@vplus He might start by getting honest about "what kind of guy IS the president".

— BewareThePhog (@gestes57) January 8, 2014

@redsteeze I'm pretty much a convert to notion the universe isn't real & we're part of someone's bad dream. Like a Philip K. Dick novel.

— Jim Rose ☕️ (@JimRoseVSOP) January 8, 2014

@FNTheFive Rep. Elijah Cummings is on CNN The Situation Room expressing outrage over this Christie bridge crap; wasn't over IRS, Benghazi

— Airborne_Sapper (@MichaelSmith024) January 8, 2014