Trump Escalates Attack on Cummings, Oversight Chairman and Prominent Black Lawmaker
- Trump goes after Oversight chairman and majority-black city
- Democrats rush to Cummings’s defense amid Twitter showdown
Elijah Cummings
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President Donald Trump extended his attacks on a prominent black lawmaker, Elijah Cummings into a third day, bringing a polarizing figure -- Reverend Al Sharpton -- into a fray that critics contend has racist undertones.
“Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings, has the worst Crime Statistics in the Nation. 25 years of all talk, no action! So tired of listening to the same old Bull...” Trump said Monday on Twitter. “Next, Reverend Al will show up to complain & protest. Nothing will get done for the people in need. Sad!”