It’s Saturday morning, which means Donald Trump is going off on another racist rampage on his favorite social media website.
In a series of Twitter posts, Trump called Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings a “brutal bully” and said Baltimore – the city Cummings represents – is a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”
Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
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….As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings district when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States. No human being would want to live there. Where is all this money going? How much is stolen? Investigate this corrupt mess immediately!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
Fox News gives Trump inspiration for his racist rampages
It appears the reason Donald Trump threw a toddler-style tantrum on Saturday morning was because of a segment on his favorite propaganda network.
As Matthew Gertz pointed out on Twitter shortly Trump spewed his bigotry, the president was clearly pulling his talking points from a segment that just aired on Fox & Friends.
“Everything Donald Trump knows about Rep. Elijah Cummings and his Baltimore congressional district comes from the Fox & Friends segment he just watched,” Gertz pointed out.
Everything Donald Trump knows about Rep. Elijah Cummings and his Baltimore congressional district comes from the Fox & Friends segment he just watched. pic.twitter.com/Fy4RmkD5Pz
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) July 27, 2019
Trump’s attacks on Rep. Cummings echo the racist comments he directed at four congresswomen of color in recent weeks. Gertz points out that Fox & Friends was also the trigger for those bigoted remarks.
There is no question that Donald Trump is a racist. He has now reached a point where he believes he can flaunt his bigotry without any repercussions.
But Fox News is clearly the fuel that feeds his racist fire.
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Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.
