Rep. Cummings After WH Meeting: I Brought Up Concerns to Trump on Voter Suppression, Black Communities

Congressman Elijah Cummings met with President Trump this afternoon to discuss drug prices, but he also said after the meeting he brought up other concerns to the president.

Cummings said that Trump was “enthusiastic about our proposal” to tackle the cost of drug prices, and he was glad to see his recent meeting with leaders from historically black college and universities.

But he also said that he brought up his concerns to the president on two issues: voter fraud and how Trump talks about black communities.

Cummings said he told the president that “all African-American communities are not places of depression and where people are being harmed,” expressing his hope that Trump should acknowledge “that most African-American people are doing very, very well.”

“Certainly we all welcome,” Cummings said, “his efforts to improve our communities.”

On the subject of voting, Cummings continued, “I told him I thought that voter fraud was all but non-existent.” He said he brought up voter suppression as a serious issue that should be part of any investigation into voting.

Watch above, via CNBC.

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