Baltimore Sun editorial board in response to Trump: 'Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one'


Baltimore is fighting back.
President Trump on Saturday sent tweets attacking the city, as well as House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), whose district includes parts of Baltimore. The tweets described Baltimore as a "rat and rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live."
But The Baltimore Sun, the city's newspaper, had some choice words for Trump. The paper's editorial board said the president sees "attacking African American members of Congress as good politics" as it "warms the cockles of white supremacists who love him and causes so many of the thoughtful people who don't to scream."
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The Sun didn't just fire back at Trump, however. It also defended the city, highlighting Baltimore landmarks like Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Inner Harbor, and Fort McHenry. The editorial board also praised Baltimore's Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for backing the city and Cummings.
Before signing off, though, the Sun got one lost shot in at the president. "Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one," the piece concluded. Read the full editorial at The Baltimore Sun.
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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