Headline RoundupAugust 2nd, 2019

Trump Tweets About Break-In at Baltimore Representative's House

Summary from the AllSides News Team

On Friday, President Donald Trump tweeted about a recent break-in at the house of Baltimore Rep. Elijah Cummings that took place early last Saturday morning. “Really bad news!” Trump wrote. “The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!” Media outlets on the left interpreted Trump's tweets as mocking the representative, pointing to the president's recent criticisms of Cummings and Baltimore governance. Last week, Trump said Cummings is a “brutal bully” to border patrol and Baltimore is "a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" that is “FAR WORSE and more dangerous” than border facilities. Media outlets on the right pointed out the break-in took place several hours before Trump first criticized Cummings on Twitter last Saturday morning.

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