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| Pres. Trump tells black lawmaker to clean up 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested' district |
| 2019-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a "brutal bully" who should concentrate on cleaning up his "disgusting, rat and rodent infested" Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S. immigration officers on the Mexican border. Trump's target in a series of early morning tweets was U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, who has called Trump a racist and sharply criticized his immigration policies. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to Trump by calling Cummings a champion for civil rights and economic justice and added in a tweet: "We all reject racist attacks against him and support his steadfast leadership." On Thursday, the committee voted 23-16 along party lines to allow Cummings to issue subpoenas to White House officials, including Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, deepening a probe into potential violations of government record-keeping laws. Later Saturday, Trump signaled his anger with Cummings' committee efforts, writing in another tweet that the Democrat "spends all of his time trying to hurt innocent people through 'Oversight.'" Trump, a Republican, took aim at Cummings' criticism of his administration's Mexican border policies. "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......," Trump tweeted. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 No and Yes. The "black" is to excuse his nonperformance |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-07-28 15:27 |
| #12 Was it really necessary to put "Black" in the headline? Or is Reuters just trying to stir up more racial hate against DJT? /rhet |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-07-28 14:48 |
| #11 Glad to see Trump target more and more Dims other than the 20 something bar fly waitress or the Mogadishu Somali now running the Congressïonal House of Reprehensables. |
| Posted by: Varmint Splat1454 2019-07-28 14:17 |
| #10 So glad Cincinnati is no longer the worst. Hopefully it’s because we’ve gotten better rather than that others have gotten even worse. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-28 12:14 |
| #9 Baltimore Named Bedbug Capital of America |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-07-28 11:06 |
| #8 Ballymore Patch: Baltimore Among Most Rat-Infested Cities In U.S.: Orkin Charm City is among America's "Rattiest Cities," according to a new report from pest control company Orkin. Baltimore comes in at No. 8. This the third year that Orkin has compiled the rankings, which are based on the number of rodent treatments the company performed from Sept. 15, 2016 to Sept. 15, 2017. It includes residential and commercial treatments. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-07-28 10:15 |
| #7 Trump isn't wrong. Marline's district is in the same boat. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-07-28 09:31 |
| #6 Donk generational rat-hole infestations. It's a characteristic of the Party. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-07-28 08:59 |
| #5 I wish he'd told him to clean up his disgusting be-jowled face. I think it's what he must have thought. Thank God for the super-ego. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-07-28 06:27 |
| #4 When Rep. Hank Johnson compared Jews to "termites" and the Orange Man to "Hitler", I don't recall Elijah Cummings saying anything. Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-28 02:37 |
| #3 Rep Elijah Cummings is a partisan scumbag whose wife is being funded by the taxpayer for doing nothing but he is only minimally responsible for the crime in his district. That responsibility belongs mostly to the municipal govt. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-07-28 02:25 |
| #2 Repeat of the great Puerto Rican $hitShow: 1. Trump calls corrupt & incompetent local officials corrupt & incompetent. 2. Local officials + Dem leadership + Media/Entertainment Conplex calls Trump Satan Mussolini DavidDuke. 3. Local officials' corruption and incompetence leads to criminal charges and civil unrest. 4. Dem leadership and MediaEntertainment Complex ignore, then downplay, then redirect & change subject. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-07-28 00:49 |
| #1 Never been to Baltimore but I flew over it while landing in a near by area 20 years ago. It looked nasty from above way back then. Nothing but a "favela" for sure. |
| Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-07-28 00:30 |