By now you’ve surely heard about Trump taking a shot at Rep Elijah Cummings, noting that his portion of district in Baltimore is pretty bad. Rather than addressing the actual substance of the tweet (which, let’s be honest, is meant to drive Liberals insane), the Usual Characters went with claiming raaaaacism. Which is interesting, since the first thing they think of is skin color. Doesn’t that make them…..racists? Anyhow, how’d the Baltimore Sun cover it? (via Twitchy)
This is the perfect example of #TrumpDerangementSyndrome #TDS.
In April, the @baltimoresun was concerned about the trash in the city.
Only 3 months later, they are accepting of a rat infestation.
The citizens of #Baltimore deserve better. pic.twitter.com/v1arb6tQOq
— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) July 28, 2019
They’ve also noted that Trump was right about Baltimore’s problems back in 2016, and mapped Baltimore’s rat hot spots last August. But, see, now
Better to have a few rats than to be one
In case anyone missed it, the president of the United States had some choice words to describe Maryland’s 7th congressional district on Saturday morning. Here are the key phrases: “no human being would want to live there,†it is a “very dangerous & filthy place,†“Worst in the USA†and, our personal favorite: It is a “rat and rodent infested mess.†He wasn’t really speaking of the 7th as a whole. He failed to mention Ellicott City, for example, or Baldwin or Monkton or Prettyboy, all of which are contained in the sprawling yet oddly-shaped district that runs from western Howard County to southern Harford County. No, Donald Trump’s wrath was directed at Baltimore and specifically at Rep. Elijah Cummings, the 68-year-old son of a former South Carolina sharecropper who has represented the district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1996.
In pointing to the 7th, the president wasn’t hoping his supporters would recognize landmarks like Johns Hopkins Hospital, perhaps the nation’s leading medical center. He wasn’t conjuring images of the U.S. Social Security Administration, where they write the checks that so many retired and disabled Americans depend upon. It wasn’t about the beauty of the Inner Harbor or the proud history of Fort McHenry. And it surely wasn’t about the economic standing of a district where the median income is actually above the national average. No, he was returning to an old standby of attacking an African American lawmaker from a majority black district on the most emotional and bigoted of arguments. It was only surprising that there wasn’t room for a few classic phrases like “you people†or “welfare queens†or “crime-ridden ghettos†or a suggestion that the congressman “go back†to where he came from.
So, see, some equivocation and obfuscation. Fort McHenry isn’t in the 7th. John Hopkins is just barely outside of it. SSA? Depends on which one they’re talking about. But there is that assault on a Muslim city police department employee, which looks to have occurred within the 7th, and made the same editorial board upset.
Oh, and hey, boosters are going to launch a We Are Baltimore website after Trump’s attack! They might want to forget some information
Most of his district is high crime, and Baltimore gets a 1 on safety scale (100 is the best) https://t.co/1oGAmKgmFQ
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) July 28, 2019
Joy? The overall crime rate for Baltimore (70% Black) is 153% higher than the national average. Employment gets an D-. Schools get an F. Cost of living is s C-. Stats don't lie. https://t.co/I8ZzK8Ionk
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) July 28, 2019
No, not all of Baltimore is horrible, but, this is what Democrats have wrought in Charm City. As Todd Starnes notes
I feel great sympathy for the plight of the impoverished citizens of Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. For decades the Democrats have promised them jobs, good schools and safe communities.
Residents waited patiently for the Promised Land, only to discover the Democrats’ policies had turned their congressional district into a dystopian wasteland.
The people of Baltimore pledged their allegiance to Democrats in City Hall and Washington, only to be betrayed, their community turned into a dumping ground for the political ruling class. (snip)
The BBC featured the city in a scathing report on poverty in America. At least 25 percent of the people in Cummings’ congressional district live in poverty.
“If you want to know what poverty in America looks like, well this is it,” the BBC reporter declared.Â
This is what you get in a city run by Democrats. And, if we want to go down the race route, it sure seems like they do not care much about Blacks, eh?
