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It’s not a racist statement, but it’s inflamatory. There’s quite a few cities with similar problems, and to single Baltimore out is strange. Maybe it’s because I’m not an east coast guy, but it’s not the place I’d have singled out.
Watch Charm City on Amazon Prime. Baltimore May suck, but it is NOT a dump.
Ever been, ever lived in Baltimore? The trauma center at John Hopkins goes 24/7; The "Wire" is a photo-realistic crime series set in Baltimore; the police are directed to crack houses by the smell of a dead body inside, etc.
You are right. Calling Baltimore a dump is giving dump a bad rap.
Cummings made the connection by putting ILLEGAL ALIENS over the horrid conditions of HIS OWN DISTRICT. That's the connection. His PRIORITIES. One will get him Media attention and a national spotlight because the Media loves anything "hate Trump". Meanwhile he ignores his district in which he is responsible because it won't get him the national spotlight.
I still don’t get it. Baltimore is a troubled place, and current border policies won’t really change that.
If you’re President, and Baltimore is your priority, you’re already in trouble. If you try to connect a distant border to it, it’s worse.
You need some other changes if you want Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, etc to turn around
Cummings made the connection by putting ILLEGAL ALIENS over the horrid conditions of HIS OWN DISTRICT. That's the connection. His PRIORITIES. One will get him Media attention and a national spotlight because the Media loves anything "hate Trump". Meanwhile he ignores his district in which he is responsible because it won't get him the national spotlight.
Two separate issues that have their own challenges. Trump is in charge of the conditions at the border. Cummings is in charge of conditions in Baltimore.
Trump can't man up and take responsibility so he has to deflect attention elsewhere.
I don't know if an American president has ever been so willing to insult fellow-Americans and call the places they live "dumps," "war zones," and the like. I thought his mission was to make America great again, not trash the parts of it he doesn't like.
I've never been to Baltimore, but I have a relative who graduated from Goucher recently.
He compared Baltimore to Cancun by saying there are pockets of nice and safe areas, but as a whole, it's fairly dangerous and poor. He said the University was like a resort, a pretty and safe pocket set apart from what surrounded it.
I don't know if an American president has ever been so willing to call Americans and the places they live "dumps" and "war zones." I thought his mission was to make America great again, not trash the parts of it he doesn't like.
If you close your eyes and pretend there aren't problems, those problems don't tend to go away.
I don't know if an American president has ever been so willing to call Americans and the places they live "dumps" and "war zones." I thought his mission was to make America great again, not trash the parts of it he doesn't like.
Great post and point. Coming from Trump I wasn't surprised. I thought what he said took some nerve.
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