President Donald Trump launched a vicious attack against House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Saturday morning in a racist rant following a Fox News hit piece about Baltimore.
Cummings, who represents Maryland, is a black lawmaker who has frequently criticized Trump’s corruption, especially his anti-immigrant agenda.
Fox News decided to trash Cummings by misrepresenting his district in order to demonize him.
Trump was clearly watching, because he flew into rage against Cummings, accusing him of all people of being a “bully” and describing Baltimore as a “rat infested mess.”
He also accused Cummings 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. His district is considered the Worst in the USA……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
….As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. 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
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings district when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States. No human being would want to live there. Where is all this money going? How much is stolen? Investigate this corrupt mess immediately!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
This rant comes just two weeks after Trump attacked four Democratic congresswomen of color in a racist temper tantrum that has been condemned by all but his Republican allies.
Clearly, Trump is attacking these lawmakers because they are not white. Republican lawmakers in several red states represent districts in deplorable conditions. The state of Alabama is so bad that the United Nations has compared it to a Third World country.
But you won’t hear Trump utter a single criticism of the white lawmakers who represent the state.
The fact is that there are poor sections in every district in America if you look hard enough. Fox News should be ashamed of itself for cherry-picking struggling parts of Cummings’ district in order to smear him.
And just because poverty exists in a district, it doesn’t mean a lawmaker is stealing money. Trump should be called out for making such an accusation, especially when he just got caught stealing taxpayer money to pay off foreign investors.
The four congresswomen and Cummings all have two things in common. They are Democrats and they are people of color. And that’s why Trump attacks them using racially charged language.
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