ELIJAH CUMMINGS DEFENDS HIS 23 YR BALTIMORE REPRESENTATION (SO DO THE RATS)

ELIJAH CUMMINGS DEFENDS HIS 23 YR BALTIMORE REPRESENTATION (SO DO THE RATS):

WAS TRUMP RIGHT? IS BALTIMORE STILL “THE WIRE”??

HOW MANY BLACK MEN HAS CUMMINGS HELPED TO (SECRETLY) INCARCERATE INSTEAD OF HELPING THEM TO BECOME GAINFULLY EMPLOYED?

CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS (“THE BULLY”) IS KNOWN TO RETALIATE AGAINST ANYONE WHO DOESN’T AGREE WITH HIM OR CHALLENGES HIM.

IN FACT, MANY OF HIS CONSTITUENTS ARE AFRAID OF HIM WHICH EXPLAINS WHY HE’S BEEN IN PUBLIC OFFICE 23 YRS.

SO WILL CUMMINGS USE HIS CONGRESSIONAL JUDICIAL COMMITTEE POWER TO RETALIATE AGAINST PRES TRUMP OVER HIS BOLD TWEETS ABOUT BALTIMORE?

WILL CUMMINGS RETALIATE AGAINST ALL THE JOURNALISTS & BLOGGERS WHO REPORTED ON THIS STORY?

STAY TUNED.


Post Sources: Baltimore Sun, DW News, Fox News, NBC News, Turning Point USA, Washington Examiner, Youtube



**** The trouble with Trump's tweets about Baltimore is that they are true


President Trump’s recent tweets about Baltimore, rats, and the city’s political leadership have roiled Washington and prompted another round of cries of “racism” from the usual race hustlers, who are seeking out every camera they can find. But rather than focus on whether or not Trump is a racist, how about we focus on the man’s words? Are they true?

Yes, they are.

First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1995, Elijah Cummings has represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District (which includes Baltimore City) for the past 23 years. Prior to that, Cummings was an elected member of Maryland's House of Delegates, representing District 39 (also Baltimore City) beginning in 1983. In all, Cummings has represented Baltimore for 36 years.

What has Baltimore to show for Cummings’ years of representation? Here are a few examples. In 2017, 13 high schools in the city of Baltimore were found to have zero students — not a single one — who were proficient in math. And out of the 3,804 students in all who took the state math proficiency test, only 14 were proficient.

Baltimore’s schools perform this poorly despite the fact that residents of Baltimore pay 3.2% city income tax, the maximum local income tax rate allowed by state law in an already high-tax state. Take that as further proof that throwing money at problems doesn’t necessarily solve them.

Crime in Baltimore is, simply put, out of control. With over 2,000 violent crimes per 100,000 people, in the year 2017 Baltimore was well within the most dangerous 1% of U.S. cities.

And then, there’s the rats, the mention of which generated much of the ire directed at Trump. He claimed that Baltimore is “rat infested," causing some left-wing pundits to claim he was using code to refer to “black and brown people.” Yet, once again, the issue is whether he was right. And he was. The city has a very real rat infestation problem.

Baltimore’s rats have long been the subject of commentary in the news and in social media. From both sides of the political aisle, everyone from Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders to Ben Carson and Baltimore’s former Mayor Catherine Pugh (who resigned in May amid federal and state corruption investigations) have been outed on the web for having publicly commented on the city’s filth and squalor in years past. A 2018 video has surfaced of Pugh touring her miserable city and nearly gagging on her own words as she exclaimed, “You can smell the rats … Oh my God, you can smell the dead animals.”

So, yes, there are rats. A lot of rats. So many rats that one citizen created a full feature-length documentary film about Baltimore’s rats. The city and county themselves launched the “Rat Attack Program” to battle the epidemic, sadly without much success.

On Monday, Baltimore’s local Fox broadcasting affiliate WBFF was reporting on Trump’s tweetstorm when, as if sensing its opportunity for two seconds of fame, a rat ran through the frame effectively photobombing the Fox45 reporter’s live shot!

As a black American pundit, I am often asked whether I think Trump is a racist. I do not, but the answer I always give is that I don’t care. What I care about is the truth.

The point is that the overarching focus on race accomplishes nothing. And if the focus is simply on truth, then in this case, Trump is unquestionably right.

That Baltimore’s political leadership has failed its constituents is inarguable. That's why those same political figures, along with the race hustlers of the day, repeatedly pull out the same card they’ve been playing for decades. They get away with it by accusing their own accusers of racism. They choose to focus on accusations of intent rather than substance of the issue.

Baltimore is steeped in squalor, and the black community there bears the brunt of its inept, corrupt political leadership. Trump hasn't had time to cause that in his less than three years in office. But in less than three seconds, his tweet has shone a glaring spotlight onto it, and that bright light is causing the rats to scurry.

BALTIMORE vs "THE WIRE", AFTER RIOTS ENDED (FREDDY GRAY'S MURDER)

BALTIMORE vs "THE WIRE", AFTER RIOTS ENDED (FREDDY GRAY'S MURDER):

FORMER MD GOV MARTIN O'MALLEY HATED "THE WIRE".

IN 2016 WHICH POLITICAL PARTY WILL STEP UP TO HELP ELIMINATE BALTIMORE'S STEEP POVERTY?

It's been eight years since "THE WIRE", a hit television program about life in BALTIMORE'S Poorest, most Crime-ridden neighborhoods went off the air.

Former BALTIMORE Mayor and and current 2016 Presidential Candidate MARTIN O'MALLEY,
 hated "The Wire".

Perhaps O' Malley's disdain for "The Wire" television series was due to it exposing BALTIMORE'S horrific Crime rate during O'Malley's reign, which was fueled by decades of steep POVERTY.

It's almost one year after the Baltimore Riots events in which impoverished BLACK teens publicly released their Hurt and Anger on Police Officers who murdered FREDDY GRAY and consistently Brutalized their community for decades.

After FREDDY GRAY'S Murder his family received a wrongful death settlement of $6 Million from the city of BALTIMORE.

Paying Millions of dollars to families of BLACK Men who are Murdered by POLICE should not be a SOLUTION to uplift BLACK families out of POVERTY.

Which Political party will help rebuild West Baltimore by bringing JOBS, real SOLUTIONS, Business OPPORTUNITIES and Healing to that Historic region of our nation?

~ "The Wire" Cast Reunites To Give Voice To Stories Of Baltimore's Riots

Sixteen cast members of The Wire returned to Baltimore on Saturday to read stories of the city’s recent riots.

Fans saw Omar, Bunk, Kima and McNulty (Michael Kenneth Williams, Wendell Pierce, Sonja Sohn and Dominic West) reunited on stage to read monologues written by residents for Wired Up, a production at the city’s Artscape event.

One of the occasion’s main organizers, Sonja Sohn (who played Detective Kima Greggs in the show), told the Baltimore Sun she wanted to “give back” to the city where the HBO hit was set, and to give residents a microphone.

“We know how [storytelling] heals and radiates outward and what it inspires in other people,” Sohn said. “We’re going to give a platform to these folks who felt they were not being heard.”

Carver, Cutty, Marlo, Snoop and Bubbles (Seth Gilliam, Chad Coleman, Jamie Hector, Felicia Pearson and Andre Royo) were also in attendance.

In its five seasons, "The Wire" won acclaim in part for its fidelity to Baltimoreans.

Some cast members, including Pearson, Maria Broom (Marla Daniels) and Robert Chew (Prop Joe), were from the city. Others, including Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris) and Anwan Glover (Slim Charles), grew up in nearby Washington DC. Chew died aged 52 in 2013.

“We lived here while we were shooting and became a part of these communities,” Sohn said. “There’s a real core group of us who feel parts of Baltimore are woven in to who we are as result of the time we spent here.”

In particular, the readings were meant to highlight the stories of Penn North, the neighborhood where Freddie Gray lived before he died while in police custody in April.

The neighborhood became a focal point of subsequent riots over police brutality, institutional racism and class and racial inequalities.

Sohn and others set up workshops for residents to write about their experiences before, during and after the riots, thus coming up with the raw material for the performance.

The show’s creator, David Simon, worked as a reporter in the city for several years. He was not involved in Saturday’s production but offered his own strong opinions on the state of Baltimore earlier this year.

Simon blamed abusive police tactics on the toxic relationship between residents and authorities, telling the Marshall Project the police had acted for years as “an army of occupation”.

Although The Wire won plaudits during its run and many enthusiastic fans after it ended, it has not always had a beloved place in Baltimore’s heart.

Former mayor Martin O’Malley – now a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination – denounced the series for what he felt was an unfair depiction of crime, corruption and policing.

According to Simon, O’Malley – who is believed to have been a partial inspiration for the mayor in the show, Tommy Carcetti – threatened to block filming.

Sources: The Guardian, Baltimore Sun, Youtube, HBO, Washington Post