Elijah Cummings Scolds Fox Reporter In Baltimore: ‘Let’s Go Home!’ (VIDEO)

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During Fox News’ “Hannity” on Wednesday night, Fox reporter Leland Vittert attempted to interview Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), only to have the congressman tell everyone to go home.

Vittert spoke briefly with Cummings and state Senate Majority Leader Catherine Pugh about the investigation into the death of Freddie Gray. But Cummings quickly began to walk away, telling people to go home in time for the 10 p.m. curfew.

At the request of the the show’s host, Sean Hannity, Vittert asked Cummings if President Obama “rushed to judgment in this case,” according to a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

Cummings responded that Obama did not, and told Vittert that he had spoken to Attorney General Loretta Lynch about the case.

As Vittert asked the question again, Cummings turned to him and said, “Excuse me, I want you to help me to get these people to go home. … Let’s go home!”

Vittert followed Cummings as he continued to walk away and remarked that Cummings “didn’t have much interest” in answering Hannity’s question.

“I’m interested in people going home!” Cummings then yelled to Vittert through his bullhorn.

Later, Cummings told numerous reporters that most protesters had already gone home.

“There are more media than people,” he said.

“I want you all to understand that most of us are media. This is media here. The people have gone home,” Cummings continued. “Thank God.”

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  1. Not as interesting as the guy who pulled Geraldo’s chain and declined to beat him with it.

  2. Good for Congressman Cummings. The man is actually doing something for his community. Fox News is just getting in the way.

  3. Someday America will wake up and Americans will see what a bunch of dupes they’ve been. America…YOU let a foreigner into your country and did nothing as he went about sabotaging political discourse and YOUR future. He polluted journalism from California to Connecticut and there is now no media without his taint on it. You let a pig of a foreigner…with no reason to be loyal to the USA …set you back so far you may never fully recover.

    It may sound hyperbolic but FOX came on the scene and down America went. You can’t solve your problems because FOX doesn’t want you too. Hell, FOX created most of those problems. You can’t talk to some of your family members or neighbors anymore because FOX doesn’t want you too and filled those folks full of bullshit hate. American’s hate each other more now than any other time and all because a fucking foreigner ( hooked up with a Saudi Sheik ) wants it that way. A foreigner America…a fucking foreigner that did not apply for US citizenship out of love of the USA but because it was business necessity. That business…making you and your family’s life suck. Really suck.

    You’re the first generation to live in a declining America. And you can’t get enough of that fucking foreigner.

  4. Who knew the foreigner was Murdoch and not Obummer?!? It’s a shame what he does to countries around the world with his media empire. Its why we dont see the liberal israeli’s on TV and just the conservative lets blow up everyone types, but, when you go there the average person’s views (and many of those in the army) are way more liberal than you would ever know.

  5. Some countries, not this one, have limited him from destroying their life. Canada for instance.

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