Republican who sparked Trump’s criticism of Elijah Cummings and Baltimore announces run for his seat in Congress

DONALD TRUMP SKIPS ELIJAH CUMMINGS FUNERAL AND CAPITOL MEMORIAL SERVICE

Cummings’ widow says attacks on Baltimore ‘hurt’ the late congressman

Now Trump is attacking San Francisco – I see a pattern…

TRUMP SAYS NANCY PELOSI SHOULD SPEND LESS TIME ON IMPEACHMENT AND MORE TIME ON CLEANING UP SAN FRANCISCO ‘BEFORE THE WHOLE CITY ROTS AWAY’

September 12, 2019

President Trump heads to Baltimore, a city he called a ‘rodent infested mess’

Elijah Cummings defends Baltimore in wake of Trump’s Twitter assault

Trump escalates attacks on Baltimore and other cities — says federal funds have been ‘stolen,’ ‘wasted’

Trump compares Baltimore’s homicide rate to Afghanistan’s, using city as punch line in Ohio campaign rally

“The homicide rate in Baltimore is significantly higher than El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala,” Trump told his supporters. He paused.

“Gimme a place that you think is pretty bad. Gimme a place,” Trump said, adopting the intonation of a stand-up comic and motioning to someone in the crowd. “The guy says, ‘Afghanistan.’ I believe it’s higher than Afghanistan. In our country. Think of that.”

Trump’s voice turned sarcastic.

“If we’re wrong, they’ll tell us tomorrow. It’ll be headlines: ‘Trump exaggerated.’ I do believe the rate is higher than Afghanistan,” the president said.”

Donald Trump’s flawed comparison of homicide rates in Baltimore, Central America

Better to have a few rats than to be one

Finally, while we would not sink to name-calling in the Trumpian manner — or ruefully point out that he failed to spell the congressman’s name correctly (it’s Cummings, not Cumming) — we would tell the most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of women’s private parts, the serial bankrupter of businesses, the useful idiot of Vladimir Putin and the guy who insisted there are “good people” among murderous neo-Nazis that he’s still not fooling most Americans into believing he’s even slightly competent in his current post. Or that he possesses a scintilla of integrity. Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one.

Mice, mold, & maggots: Kushner real estate in Baltimore

Pelosi says Trump should ask ‘slumlord’ Jared Kushner about Baltimore

Kushner Cos. Gets $800 Million Federally Backed Apartment Loan

WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MICK MULVANEY SPARS WITH FOX NEWS’ CHRIS WALLACE OVER TRUMP’S BALTIMORE TWEETS

#WeAreBaltimore

Trump Widens War on Black Critics While Embracing ‘Inner City Pastors’

State Governments?

Most & Least Federally Dependent States

Local Governments?

Cities With the Highest Poverty Rates

Morgantown WV No Party
Flint, MI Democrat
Ithica, NY Democrat
Lafayette, LA Republican
Madera, CA No Party
Merced, CA No Party
Pueblo, CO No Party
Hammond, LA No Party
Corvallis, OR Democrat
Texarkana, TX-AR No Party
Athens, GA Democrat
Lake Charles, LA No Party
Brunswick, GA Democrat
Danville, IL No Party
Houma-Thibodaux, LA No Party
Sumter, SC No Party
Ames, IA No Party
Muncie, IN Democrat
Greenville, NC Democrat
Macon, GA Democrat
Pine Bluff, AR Democrat
Goldsboro, NC No Party
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ No Party
Valdosta, GA No Party
Bakersfield, CA Republican
El Paso, TX Democrat
Gainesville, FL Democrat
Monroe, LA Democrat
College Station-Bryan, TX No Party
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Republican
El Centro, CA No Party
Albany, GA No Party
Visalia-Porterville, CA Republican
Fresno, CA Republican
Las Cruces, NM Democrat
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX No Party
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX No Party
Laredo, TX Democrat

By the way Donald Trump and GOP:

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Rural Poverty & Well-Being