A Trump tweet, trash and truth

Yes, it's another example of how the Very Stable Genius can't resist out-bullying someone who has attacked him.

And yes, Elijah Cummings was trying to score cheap political points by his depiction of border detention centers. So a strong argument can be made that he was asking for it.

In any case, can you find one subatomic particle of racism in these tweets?

“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. As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming[s’] 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.”

That's just objective fact. The Orkin pest-control company has ranked Baltimore as the 9th most rat-infested city in the US, and the Baltimore Sun reported that Baltimore had the worst homicide rate of the nation's 50 largest cities last year. 

Bernie Sanders likened West Baltimore to a third-world country.

It's true that Trump's obnoxious style doesn't exactly motivate a Democrat politician to earnestly address the urban blight he represents in Congress, but failing to do so just provides us with yet another example of how identity-politics grandstanding leaves glaring problems unsolved. To such a figure - as well as to CNN commentators whose careers hinge on finding excuses to express righteous indignation that distracts from problems going unsolved - an unfounded charge of racism is a highly effective way to take the heat off.