Article snippet: MORE (D-Md.), this time targeting another prominent black leader and a potential 2020 rival. Trump chastised Cummings yet again via Twitter, accused Sen. Al Sharpton “Hates Whites & Cops!” It marked the third consecutive day Trump picked a fight with Democrats that centered on America's 30th largest city, which he has in recent days assailed as a “very dangerous & filthy place” where “no human being would want to live.” “Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings, has the worst Crime Statistics in the Nation,” Trump tweeted Monday morning. “25 years of all talk, no action! So tired of listening to the same old Bull...Next, Reverend Al will show up to complain & protest. Nothing will get done for the people in need. Sad!” Trump’s repeated criticisms of the majority-black city drew more blowback on Monday from Democrats who have accused the president of stoking racial divisions for political gain. “I know Donald Trump, he’s not mature enough to take criticism. He can’t help it. He’s like a child,” Sharpton told reporters in Baltimore, where he was attending a previously scheduled conference on black home ownership. “But he has a particular venom for blacks and people of color,” Sharpton added. “He doesn’t refer to any of his other opponents or critics as ‘infested.’ ” Sanders differentiated between his own comments and Trump's, arguing he has been focused on “fighting to lift the people of Baltimore and elsewhere out of poverty,” while Trump “ha... Link to the full article to read more
Trump leans into Baltimore controversy by criticizing Sharpton | TheHill
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