http://thehill.com/homenews/house/319961-cummings-trump-made-up-cancelled-meeting
Rep. Elijah Cummings said Thursday that President Trump invented a story about the Maryland Democrat canceling a scheduled meeting between the two.
“I have no idea why President Trump would make up a story about me like he did today,” he said in a statement.
“Of course, [Senate Minority Leader Charles] Schumer never told me to skip a meeting with the president,” he added.
The statement came shortly after President Trump said during a press conference that he had tried to set up a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus member, who backed out.
“I was all set to have that meeting,” Trump said.
Cummings “was all excited and then he said, ‘Oh, I can’t move it. It might be bad for me politically. I can’t have that meeting.’”
“He was probably told by Schumer — or some other lightweight — ‘Don’t meet with Trump, it’s bad politics,’" the president said.
Cummings disputed Trump’s account and insisted he remains eager to discuss “the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs” with the president.
JEDIT:
This is the same woman who asked Trump the question!
JEDIT2:
https://twitter.com/OfficialCBC/status/832316384260526081
Hi, @realDonaldTrump. We’re the CBC. We sent you a letter on January 19, but you never wrote us back. Sad! Letter: http://bit.ly/2kD6FhQ