Rep. Elijah Cummings’ home was burglarized. The president tweeted: “Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!”
his predominantly black, Baltimore-based congressional district as “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” where “no human being” would want to live.
Those criticisms, condemned by many national Democrats as racist, kicked off a week of heated rhetoric aimed at Baltimore and Cummings, who chairs the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Reform and is overseeing numerous investigations into the administration. The president, without evidence, alleged the 13-term congressman and other Democratic leaders have “stolen or wasted” billions of dollars in federal aid to Baltimore, and
Tuesday that black Baltimoreans and African-American supporters have thanked him for drawing attention to the city’s living conditions and corruption.
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