Elijah Cummings: Trump Should ‘Put Down the Twitter Stuff’ and Call John Lewis

.@RepCummings hopes Trump would 'put down the Twitter stuff and just give John Lewis a call’ today https://t.co/PzrUcs26OO

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) January 16, 2017

Congressman Elijah Cummings today said that President-elect Donald Trump should just speak directly to John Lewis instead of sticking to Twitter.

Over the weekend, Cummings was one of many Democrats who came to Lewis’ defense after Trump criticized him for saying he’s not a “legitimate president”:

To my dear friend & Brother @repjohnlewis: thank you for taking action to make this country better. pic.twitter.com/oyYFZE02JR

— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) January 14, 2017

On Morning Joe today, Cummings called Trump’s remarks “very unfortunate” and said, “I would hope that the president-elect would today pick up the phone, put down the Twitter stuff, and just give John Lewis a call.”

Watch above, via MSNBC.

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