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Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton

HeadlineJul 30, 2019

President Trump doubled down on his attacks against congressmember and House Oversight Chair Elijah Cummings Monday, saying he was to blame for Baltimore’s crime rates and again lashing out over Cummings’s questioning at his committee’s hearing over the dire conditions for migrants at the U.S. border. This comes after Trump described Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” Saturday. Trump also extended his attacks to civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton as he headed to Baltimore Monday, calling him a “con man” who “Hates Whites & Cops.” Sharpton responded to Trump from Baltimore.

Rev. Al Sharpton: “I’ve marched on him with Central Park Five. I dealt with him on the birther issue. He can say what he wants. Calling me a troublemaker? Yes, I make trouble for bigots. I made trouble for him with Central Park. I made trouble with him for birtherism. I’m going to keep making trouble for bigots. As far as me being a con man, if he really thought I was a con man, he’d be nominating me for his Cabinet.”

Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan called Trump’s attacks on Baltimore “outrageous and inappropriate.” Meanwhile, House Republicans are set to take their annual policy retreat in Baltimore in September.

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