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This article tells a story about Trump, an attack on Congressman Elijah Cummings, that disgusts me more than anything else he has done to date. No, that isn't possible. He has driven me crazy at last. Just read what that evil man has now said about Congressman Cummings and, of course, black people in general. I'd like to send Trump back to his penthouse in Trump Tower...without any presidential power, of course. I hope that goes without saying! Excerpts from the article are below as is a link to it.
"WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at a leading African-American congressman on Saturday, calling him 'a brutal bully' who represents a Baltimore-based district that has become a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess' where 'no human being would want to live.'
Mr. Trump’s attack on Representative Elijah E. Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland and leading critic of the president, parroted a segment that aired earlier in the morning on 'Fox & Friends.' The president suggested that the congressman was a hypocrite for criticizing conditions in migrant detention centers at the southwestern border when his own district is blighted. Mr. Trump also made a vague and unsubstantiated insinuation of corruption.
'Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous,' Mr. Trump wrote. 'His district is considered the Worst in the USA.' He went on: 'Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place.'"
"Mr. Cummings responded on Twitter shortly afterward, saying that he was a vigorous advocate for his district. 'Mr. President, I go home to my district daily,' he wrote. 'Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors. It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.'
The congressman pointed to a hearing that he held on Friday on his effort to legislate lower drug prices, which would help his Baltimore constituents. 'You told me then that you supported the legislation and that you would work with me to make it happen,' Mr. Cummings said, still addressing the president. 'I took you at your word.'"
"Mayor Bernard C. Young of Baltimore also reacted angrily, saying in a statement that it was 'completely unacceptable' to 'denigrate a vibrant American City like Baltimore.' He added, 'Mr. Trump, you are a disappointment to the people of Baltimore, our country and the world.'
Mr. Trump’s Twitter assault came shortly after 'Fox & Friends' aired a segment Saturday morning assailing Mr. Cummings for focusing on migrants more than his own urban constituents. As video footage showed boarded-up houses and trash-strewn areas of Baltimore, the Fox television host said that 'living conditions at the border are better than most areas in his district.'
The video was shot by Kimberly Klacik, a Republican strategist from Baltimore who is African-American and was interviewed on the segment assailing Mr. Cummings. She later rejected the idea that criticism of him and how he represents his district was racist.
She wrote on Twitter that 'it is so sad' to interpret turning 'the light currently shining on #WestBaltimore into a race issue,' adding that Mr. Cummings 'could help get his district in order.'
Mr. Cummings’s district is 53 percent African-American, according to the census, and includes much of Baltimore as well as vast suburban stretches. Baltimore has struggled with crime in recent years, recording more murders in 2017 than any other city of at least 500,000 residents — and more even than New York, a vastly larger city.
Mr. Trump has a history of characterizing predominantly black areas or African nations in terms like 'filthy.' During his 2016 campaign, he portrayed black communities as unremittingly grim. 'You’re living in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs,' he said at one rally, arguing that African-Americans should give him a chance. 'What the hell do you have to lose?'
When Representative John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia considered a hero of the civil rights era, said he would not attend Mr. Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, the incoming president said that the congressman 'should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart.' Mr. Trump disparaged Haiti and African nations last year using vulgar language, asking why the United States should want immigrants from them."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/politics/trump-elijah-cummings.html
"WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at a leading African-American congressman on Saturday, calling him 'a brutal bully' who represents a Baltimore-based district that has become a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess' where 'no human being would want to live.'
Mr. Trump’s attack on Representative Elijah E. Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland and leading critic of the president, parroted a segment that aired earlier in the morning on 'Fox & Friends.' The president suggested that the congressman was a hypocrite for criticizing conditions in migrant detention centers at the southwestern border when his own district is blighted. Mr. Trump also made a vague and unsubstantiated insinuation of corruption.
'Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous,' Mr. Trump wrote. 'His district is considered the Worst in the USA.' He went on: 'Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place.'"
"Mr. Cummings responded on Twitter shortly afterward, saying that he was a vigorous advocate for his district. 'Mr. President, I go home to my district daily,' he wrote. 'Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors. It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.'
The congressman pointed to a hearing that he held on Friday on his effort to legislate lower drug prices, which would help his Baltimore constituents. 'You told me then that you supported the legislation and that you would work with me to make it happen,' Mr. Cummings said, still addressing the president. 'I took you at your word.'"
"Mayor Bernard C. Young of Baltimore also reacted angrily, saying in a statement that it was 'completely unacceptable' to 'denigrate a vibrant American City like Baltimore.' He added, 'Mr. Trump, you are a disappointment to the people of Baltimore, our country and the world.'
Mr. Trump’s Twitter assault came shortly after 'Fox & Friends' aired a segment Saturday morning assailing Mr. Cummings for focusing on migrants more than his own urban constituents. As video footage showed boarded-up houses and trash-strewn areas of Baltimore, the Fox television host said that 'living conditions at the border are better than most areas in his district.'
The video was shot by Kimberly Klacik, a Republican strategist from Baltimore who is African-American and was interviewed on the segment assailing Mr. Cummings. She later rejected the idea that criticism of him and how he represents his district was racist.
She wrote on Twitter that 'it is so sad' to interpret turning 'the light currently shining on #WestBaltimore into a race issue,' adding that Mr. Cummings 'could help get his district in order.'
Mr. Cummings’s district is 53 percent African-American, according to the census, and includes much of Baltimore as well as vast suburban stretches. Baltimore has struggled with crime in recent years, recording more murders in 2017 than any other city of at least 500,000 residents — and more even than New York, a vastly larger city.
Mr. Trump has a history of characterizing predominantly black areas or African nations in terms like 'filthy.' During his 2016 campaign, he portrayed black communities as unremittingly grim. 'You’re living in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs,' he said at one rally, arguing that African-Americans should give him a chance. 'What the hell do you have to lose?'
When Representative John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia considered a hero of the civil rights era, said he would not attend Mr. Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, the incoming president said that the congressman 'should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart.' Mr. Trump disparaged Haiti and African nations last year using vulgar language, asking why the United States should want immigrants from them."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/politics/trump-elijah-cummings.html