America’s racist-in-chief was at it again on Saturday morning, spewing racism and hate on Twitter. Triggered by House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Saturday morning’s edition of Fox and Friends, President Donald Trump went on an unhinged rant about the congressman’s city while using blatantly racist terms that, as CNN anchor Victor Blackwell emotionally points out, he reserves for black and brown people and their communities.
….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
Blackwell’s breakdown of Trump’s consistent use of the word “infestation” makes his racism abundantly clear. “Donald Trump has tweeted more than 43,000 times,” Blackwell said. “He’s insulted thousands of people… but when he tweets about infestation, it’s about black and brown people.” Blackwell became emotional during the powerful segment when Trump’s hate speech hits even closer to home.
And, as ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis pointed out in a lengthy Twitter thread response to the president, some of the problems Baltimore has faced over the past few years are due to Trump Administration policies as well as poorly-maintained apartment complexes owned by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. MacGillis wrote an investigative article on the condition of the apartments, speaking with Kushner tenants who said they found maggots and rats in their units.
Cummings also has been a strong critic of the president and his policies. He recently called out the administration’s harsh immigration tactics saying that it amounts to “government-sponsored child abuse.”
The congressman responded to Trump on Twitter, saying, “Mr. President, I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors. It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.”
He then offered to find common ground on the issue of “skyrocketing” prescription drug prices, which Cummings said Trump agreed needed to be addressed.
Just yesterday, I held a hearing on the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs and the financial hardships that families across the nation, and in Baltimore, are facing. — Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019
You told me then that you supported the legislation and that you would work with me to make it happen. I took you at your word.https://t.co/bcfyQgXwm4 — Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019
Just last week the congressman went on ABC’s This Week and reported that his constituents have told him they are “scared” of Trump and pleaded with him to act, saying, “No matter where I go, what I’m hearing over and over again is—from my constituents is please save our democracy, please save our country.”
In the same interview, when asked if he thinks the president is a racist Cummings replied, “I believe he is—yes, no doubt about it.”
And once again, the president has proved him right.
never2latejoe on July 27th, 2019 at 18:02 UTC »
Blackwell is 100% correct. I did a quick search of Trumps tweets for the word infest. In every tweet Trump was making a reference in some way to people and/or place of color. Again and again the man shows himself to be a racist.
Infidel8 on July 27th, 2019 at 17:53 UTC »
As an aside, one theme running through stupid right-wing rhetoric is the hyperbole. Everything is "the greatest" or "the worst."
One giveaway that someone is drunk on orange kool-aid is a ridiculous use of superlatives to describe everything.
"Holder is the worst AG in history." Ask them to name five AGs.
"Trump is the most transparent in history." Ask them to describe the transparency of, say, FDR.
These people speak only in propaganda.
r00ni1waz1ib on July 27th, 2019 at 16:41 UTC »
Whenever he talks about places with large minority populations, he negatively likens them to animals. He’s literally dehumanizing entire populations because he associates places with lots of brown and black inhabitants with vermin.
It’s insane that someone like this is president. Come on, America. We can do better.