President Donald Trump resumed his criticism of a prominent black congressman from Baltimore, saying Tuesday that people there are living in “hell” and that it’s a “corrupt city.”
Trump said billions of dollars have been stolen and called on the lawmaker, Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, to investigate the city. Cummings is chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which has been focused on investigating Trump and his administration.
The Trump-instigated feud has prompted accusations that president is deliberately going after a black lawmaker and a majority-black city as an appeal to his base. He has spent the past few weeks attacking Cummings and other minority lawmakers and a well-known black activist and commentator, Al Sharpton, prompting accusations that the president is racist.
John Hinderaker, President of Center of the American Experiment, offered his reaction to President Trump’s comments on Baltimore and also previewed tonight’s Democratic Presidential debate: