Trump says Dems keep playing race card
Remarks on Cummings bring more accusations
President Donald Trump pushed back Sunday against Democrats after they denounced as racist his attacks on Baltimore as a “rodent infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.”
Trump said his opponents “always play the race card when they are unable to win with facts.”
It was the second time Sunday that Trump accused the Democrats of playing the “race card.” He went on to call Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., a “racist” who should “focusS more of his energy on helping the good people of his district, and Baltimore itself.”
Trump made his original comments about Baltimore on Saturday in a series of tweets criticizing Cummings because the chairman of the House Oversight Committee decried the administration’s treatment of migrants at the U.S.-Mexican border.
Trump slammed Cummings’ district, which includes much of Baltimore, as a “filthy place” that is “FAR WORSE and more dangerous” than the southern border. He called it the worst district “in the USA.”
Democrats rallied to defend Cummings and denounced the president’s tweets attacking an African American congressman and a city that is more than 60% African American as racist.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., declared Sunday that he is unfollowing President Donald Trump on Twitter because the president’s feed “is the most hate-filled, racist, and demeaning” that he sees on the social media site.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, DCalif., who was born in Baltimore, said Cummings “is a champion in the Congress and the country for civil rights and economic justice, a beloved leader in Baltimore, and deeply valued colleague. We all reject racist attacks against him and support his steadfast leadership.”
“There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know, that Elijah Cummings has done a terrible job for the people of his district, and of Baltimore itself,” Trump tweeted. “Dems always play the race card when they are unable to win with facts. Shame!”