US President Donald Trump further shares on Twitter against Democrats politicians and Democrats: This time he denounced the Congressman Elijah Cummings as a „brutal tyrant“ and its majority inhabited by black constituency as the worst in the United States. The statements were condemned as racist.
„Cumming’s constituency is a disgusting, rat-and-rodent-pricked filth.“ No one would want to live there, „Trump continued in his Twitter tirade, asking the president what state funding had become for the district is the money gone, how much was stolen? “
He was obviously aiming at the criticism of the Democrat Cummings on his tightened asylum policy on the border with Mexico. Cummings had omitted the „great men and women of the Border Guard“ and the situation on the southern border of the US, while „his Baltimore constituency was far worse and more dangerous“.
„Totally unacceptable“
Trump reaped a storm of indignation for racist criticism of several democratic women politicians. House MP Nancy Pelosi called Trump’s Twitter messages „racist.“ Cummings is a respected colleague and champion civil rights and economic justice. „We all reject the racist attacks against him.“ The Democratic mayor of Baltimore, the African-American Democratic politician Bernard Young, criticized Trump’s rhetoric as „painful and dangerous“ and „totally unacceptable.“
Cummings himself tweeted his answer: „Mr. President, I return home daily to my constituency. Every morning I wake up and I go out and fight for my neighbors. It is my constitutional duty to exercise supervision over the executive. But it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents. „Cummings is chairman of the House Supervision and Reform Committee. He is a keen Trump critic and had recently initiated investigations into the conditions in transit camps for migrants on the US border. He is also instrumental in subpoenaing Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Attacks against Democrats
The US House of Representatives had sharply condemned Trump’s „racist comments“ against four Democrat MPs only later this month. The President had previously caused outrage against xenophobic tirades against Migrants. Among other things, he accused Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley of „hating“ the US, and called them back to the countries of origin of their families.
Three of the four women attacked were born in the US, and all four are US citizens. The attacks were sharply criticized in the US and abroad. Nevertheless, she continued Trump. When he called the name of the native Somali Omar at a campaign event in the state of North Carolina, the crowd chanted: „Send them back!“
„We said this president was a racist, we condemned his racist remarks. I think he’s a fascist, „Omar said. Trump tried to distance himself from the call. „I was not happy with that – I do not agree,“ he said. „I felt a bit bad about it,“ he explained, saying, „Incidentally, I do not agree with that.“
Trump: Antifa classified as a terrorist organization
In his own words, Trump is considering classifying the anti-fascist movement in the US as a terrorist organization. Take such a step into consideration, Trump wrote on Twitter on Saturday. „That would make it easier for the police to do their job,“ he added. Trump had recently criticized the Antifa several times. For example, he spoke at a campaign event that the activists are „sick, bad“ people. According to the anti-racism organization Anti-Defamation League (ADL), it is unclear how many active members the movement has in the US. It’s a „loose collection of groups, networks and individuals,“ writes the organization.
A few days ago, Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Bill Cassidy had passed a resolution calling for groups affiliated with the Antifa movement to be classified as domestic terrorist organizations. Antifa activists are „violent, masked tyrants,“ Cassidy said. The two senators referred among other things to the attack on the conservative journalist Andy Ngo. He has been reportedly injured in clashes between anti-fascist activists and right-wing protesters in Portland, Oregon.
