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- President Donald Trump seemed to gleefully react to reports of a break-in at the home of Maryland congressman Elijah Cummings in a Friday morning tweet.
- "Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
- On Thursday, the Baltimore Police Department announced they were investigating a reported burglary at Cummings’ Baltimore home, which they say occurred at around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, July 27.
- A few hours after the reported robbery, Trump unleashed a tirade of angry tweets attacking Cummings and his Baltimore-based district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess."
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President Donald Trump seemed to gleefully react to reports of a break-in at the home of Maryland congressman Elijah Cummings in a Friday morning tweet.
"Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
On Thursday, the Baltimore Police Department announced they were investigating a reported burglary at Cummings’ Baltimore home, which they say occurred at around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, July 27. No suspects have been arrested yet, and police said it is "unknown" whether any property was successfully stolen.
A few hours after the reported robbery, Trump unleashed a tirade of angry tweets attacking Cummings — who chairs the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — and his Baltimore-based, majority African-American district.
Calling Cummings a "brutal bully," Trump castigated his district as "FAR WORSE and more dangerous" than the US-Mexico border.
In subsequent tweets, Trump described the city as a "disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess," saying of Cummings, "if he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place," further calling it "the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States" and claiming that "no human being would want to live there."
Trump’s tweets inspired a strong backlash, with other Democratic lawmakers and prominent Maryland-based celebrities and business leaders coming to the city’s defense.
A representative for Cummings’ office did not immediately respond to INSIDER’s request for comment Friday.
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Source: Business Insider – gpanetta@businessinsider.com (Grace Panetta)