Yikes: Trump Boxes With Cummings Over Border Conditions

Source: Townhall
Published: Jul 27, 2019
Author: Beth Baumann
Post Date: 2019-07-27 17:30:33 by Tooconservative
Views: 5300

President Donald Trump took to Twitter this morning to chide Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) for shouting down acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan over conditions in detention camps during a hearing last week.

We’re doing our level best in a challenging —," McAleenan said before being cut off by Cummings, who went on a two-minute rant about border conditions.

"What does that mean? What does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces, can’t take a shower? Come on, man," Cummings said to McAleenan. "None of us would have our children in that position. They are human beings."

"I get tired of folks saying, 'Oh, oh, they just beating up on the Border Patrol. Oh, they just beating up on Homeland Security.' What I am saying, is I want to concentrate on these children. And I want to make sure that they are OK," Cummings added. "We are the greatest country in the world. We are the ones that can go anywhere in the world and save people, make sure they have diapers, make sure they have toothbrushes, make sure they’re not laying around defecating in some silver paper."

"Come on. We’re better than that."

According to Trump, Cummings has been waging a war against Border Patrol but he needs to take a look in his own backyard. 

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
....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

Trump followed up an hour later, asking why Cummings' district gets "so much money" when it's "the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States."

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

Video of Baltimore, which sits in Cummings' district, made its way around social media, showing what the area is like.

Rep. Elijah Cummings should listen to Michelle: "HELP US!"https://t.co/u0SgReGc4m— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 27, 2019

Cummings responded to Trump's attack, saying the White House has failed to act on reducing prescription drug prices, despite making a promise to address the issue. The Congressman said skyrocketing drug prices are what families in Baltimore, and around the country, are facing.

Mr. President, I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors.

It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019
Just yesterday, I held a hearing on the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs and the financial hardships that families across the nation, and in Baltimore, are facing.— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019
Mr. President, we can address this together. Two years ago, I went to the White House to ask you to endorse my bill to let the government negotiate directly for lower drug prices.— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019
You told me then that you supported the legislation and that you would work with me to make it happen. I took you at your word.https://t.co/bcfyQgXwm4— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019

Poster Comment:

Trump went on the warpath, Cummings looked weak and suddenly wanted to talk about high prescription costs. LOL

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#1: nolu chan    To: Tooconservative (#0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYANRUos8Hg

CNN's Victor Blackwell tears up defending hometown over Trump attacks

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ZXEAc6pWs

West Baltimore IS DEFINITELY A Rat And Rodent INFESTED Mess!

nolu chan posted on 2019-07-27 18:49:01   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Tooconservative    To: nolu chan (#1)

CNN's Victor Blackwell tears up defending hometown over Trump attacks

I know that I broke down in tears. Well, maybe not. Maybe it was laughter.

I love how Trump baits these morons. They don't realize that he doesn't care much about whether they are covering him unfavorably. At times, he prefers negative press coverage. Trump has his own media strategy and it works for him. But I don't think it would work for anyone else nearly as well.

Tooconservative posted on 2019-07-27 20:53:13   Reply   Private Reply

#3: IbJensen    To: Tooconservative (#0)

Cummings, like all the rest of the Democrat-Communist Party, is a lazy slow- witted imbecile. It appears that all of the plantation negroes bought and paid for by the CPUSA is like a recording of the Communist manifesto.

IbJensen posted on 2019-07-28 08:50:21   Reply   Private Reply

#4: misterwhite    To: Tooconservative (#0)

"What I am saying, is I want to concentrate on these children. And I want to make sure that they are OK," Cummings added.

And what Trump is saying is that it's too bad he doesn't feel the same way about the children in his district in Baltimore.

misterwhite posted on 2019-07-28 10:38:39   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Tooconservative    To: misterwhite (#4)

Well, Cummings' district is actually a mix. It has some decent middle-class neighborhoods, some rather tony subdivisions for upper-class elite types and business people. Ben Carson's home is in Cummings' district, for instance.

So it would not be accurate to say that Cummings' district is some complete shithole because there are some pretty nice neighborhoods in there too. And Trump didn't say it was a shithole. However, there are some rather large areas in Cummings' district that look like a Third World country after a natural disaster. Buildings that look unmaintained for 50 years and lost their last tenants 20 years ago, now just neglected husks. A lot of it looks like Detroit did back before Detroit just starting tearing down neighborhoods of abandoned and ruined buildings and turning most of them back into farmland.

Tooconservative posted on 2019-07-28 10:50:19   Reply   Private Reply

#6: misterwhite    To: Tooconservative (#5)

And Trump didn't say it was a shithole.

Correct. I did. And I did not say his entire district was a shithole. I was referring to that part of his district that is a third-world, rat- and rodent-infested shithole.

He's represented that district for 25 years and what has he done? Not a fucking thing.

Yet he has the balls to criticize ICE and Border Patrol because illegals don't have toothbrushes? Does he support changing our immigration laws? No. Did he support additional funding to care for these children at the border? No.

misterwhite posted on 2019-07-28 11:45:34   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Tooconservative    To: misterwhite (#6)

He's represented that district for 25 years and what has he done? Not a fucking thing.

Sounds like another stellar champion of the poor and downtrodden: Maxine Waters.

But she keeps a nice home in another congressional district so she doesn't have to live around her constituents.

You'd think they'd wise up and elect someone from their district and who lives in their district and who would actually represent them, not the interests of Dem party bosses.

Tooconservative posted on 2019-07-28 11:56:20   Reply   Private Reply

#8: misterwhite    To: Tooconservative (#7)

You'd think they'd wise up and elect someone from their district and who lives in their district and who would actually represent them, not the interests of Dem party bosses.

Only one way. Term limits.

The Dem party won't allow another Dem to run, and a Republican doesn't stand a chance.

misterwhite posted on 2019-07-28 12:44:44   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Tooconservative    To: misterwhite (#8)

Only one way. Term limits.

More than one way obviously.

Vote out the Dem, elect a GOP. Dump the GOP in two years if a Dem serious about helping you shows up.

Maryland hasn't exactly suffered during the term(s) of its Republican governor who no one thought could be elected. And he's done well enough but he lacks the power to fix Baltimore.

Tooconservative posted on 2019-07-28 16:33:57   Reply   Private Reply

#10: misterwhite    To: Tooconservative (#9)

Vote out the Dem, elect a GOP.

Maxine Waters won every election against various Republicans since 1990 by an average of 80% to 20%. (https://ballotpedia.org/Maxine_Waters)

Got another idea?

misterwhite posted on 2019-07-29 09:46:47   Reply   Private Reply

#11: Tooconservative    To: misterwhite (#10)

No. If they're stuck on stupid, that is their right as citizens unless you can prove Waters is an actual crook and not just a race-baiting panderer. If all they want is a fake race-baiting panderer to represent their interests, that is their free choice.

Tooconservative posted on 2019-07-29 11:21:53   Reply   Private Reply

#12: nolu chan    To: Tooconservative, misterwhite (#0)

Today's Trump Twitter contributions:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1155822020845809669

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Crazy Bernie Sanders recently equated the City of Baltimore to a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY! Based on that statement, I assume that Bernie must now be labeled a Racist, just as a Republican would if he used that term and standard! The fact is, Baltimore can be brought back, maybe......

5:46 AM - 29 Jul 2019

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
3h
Replying to @realDonaldTrump

....even to new heights of success and glory, but not with King Elijah and that crew. When the leaders of Baltimore want to see the City rise again, I am in a very beautiful oval shaped office waiting for your call!

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1155801677485789184

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 5h

Al Sharpton would always ask me to go to his events. He would say, "it's a personal favor to me." Seldom, but sometimes, I would go. It was fine. He came to my office in T.T. during the presidential campaign to apologize for the way he was talking about me. Just a conman at work!

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 5h

If the Democrats are going to defend the Radical Left "Squad" and King Elijah's Baltimore Fail, it will be a long road to 2020. The good news for the Dems is that they have the Fake News Media in their pocket!

Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump 5h

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.Next, Reverend Al will show up to complain & protest. Nothing will get done for the people in need. Sad!

Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump 6h

I have known Al for 25 years. Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He “loved Trump!" He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops!

Reverend Al Sharpton @TheRevAl

Arrived in DC from Atlanta, headed to Baltimore. Long day but can't stop.

nolu chan posted on 2019-07-29 12:31:36   Reply   Private Reply

#13: Tooconservative    To: nolu chan (#12)

Reverend Al doesn't look as good descending an escalator as Trump does.     : )

Tooconservative posted on 2019-07-29 12:38:41   Reply   Private Reply

#14: misterwhite    To: Tooconservative (#11)

that is their right as citizens

True. I'm simply saying that the only way WE can get rid of her is term limits.

misterwhite posted on 2019-07-29 13:32:13   Reply   Private Reply

#15: Tooconservative    To: misterwhite (#14)

We don't get to vote each other's reps out of office according to the Constitution.

It's a bug. It's a feature. Annoyingly, it's both.

Tooconservative posted on 2019-07-29 13:48:53   Reply   Private Reply

#16: misterwhite    To: Tooconservative (#15)

We don't get to vote each other's reps out of office according to the Constitution.

Not directly, no.

But since those reps are voting on issues that affect every U.S. citizen, we do have the power to financially support their opponents or call for term limits on all reps.

misterwhite posted on 2019-07-29 13:52:43   Reply   Private Reply

#17: nolu chan    To: Tooconservative, misterwhite (#15)

We don't get to vote each other's reps out of office according to the Constitution.

Dems do. They bus them to various districts so they can vote early and often. Death is not an excuse.

nolu chan posted on 2019-07-29 14:43:39   Reply   Private Reply