President Donald Trump says, 'There is nothing wrong with bringing out the very obvious fact that Congressman Elijah Cummings has done a very poor job for his district and the City of Baltimore.'
RANT. US President Donald Trump attacks another lawmaker on Twitter. File photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP
"Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess," the president wrote, calling it"the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States." "There is nothing wrong with bringing out the very obvious fact that Congressman Elijah Cummings has done a very poor job for his district and the City of Baltimore," Trump said, without adding anything to back up his argument.
Saturday's diatribe ignited a storm of criticism less than two weeks after the House of Representatives condemned Trump for"racist" comments targeting four first-term Democratic congresswomen who are from ethnic minorities. Former vice president Joe Biden – the Democratic frontrunner to challenge Trump in 2020 – called out the president directly on Twitter.
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