Trump’s ‘rat-infested’ attack on lawmaker was racist, says Pelosi
Politics,Nancy Pelosi,Elijah Cummings
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Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused US President Donald Trump of "racist attacks" in his tweets about an African-American lawmaker.
Mr Trump attacked Democratic Rep Elijah Cummings and his Maryland district on Twitter.
The president described Mr Cummings' majority-black district in Baltimore as a "rodent-infested mess".
Mr Cummings was a "bully", Mr Trump wrote, for criticising the treatment of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
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