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Bernie Sanders blasted Baltimore as ‘Third World country’ and ‘disgrace’ in past comments
Fox News ^ | July 28, 2019 | Dom Calicchio

Posted on 07/28/2019 11:27:19 AM PDT by Innovative

President Trump drew a torrent of criticism from Democrats on Saturday over a series of Twitter messages aimed at U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and the Baltimore district that Cummings represents in Congress.

But just a few years ago, Sen. Bernie Sanders -- a candidate seeking the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination -- took his own shots at Baltimore, a struggling Northeast city grappling with high rates of violent crime, drug abuse, poverty and political corruption.

“Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation,” Sanders said during a visit to the city’s West Baltimore section in December 2015, the Baltimore Sun reported. “You would think that you were in a Third World country.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: baltimore; baltimorerats; berniesanders; elijahcummings; maryland; mayarockeymoore; sanders; trumpbaltimore; trumpcummings; trumptweet; vermont
The Dems usual double standard on display.
1 posted on 07/28/2019 11:27:19 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Thanks to the libtard progressive DEMs, we have a boatload of sh*thole 3rd world” cities and states......gg! /s


2 posted on 07/28/2019 11:29:08 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Innovative

Hope Trump tweets this! Direct quotes Bernie!


3 posted on 07/28/2019 11:29:10 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Innovative

Bernie Sanders visited Rep. Elijah Cummings district in 2015. He was shocked by what he saw.

"You would think that you were in a third world country," Sanders said. "We're talking about a community in which there are hundreds of buildings that are uninhabitable." pic.twitter.com/nqlCJS34RM— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 28, 2019


4 posted on 07/28/2019 11:42:32 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: Innovative

If they didn’t have Double Standards, they wouldn’t have any at all.


5 posted on 07/28/2019 11:43:11 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Innovative

Yeah but when Commies say it the media nods their head in agreement, when a Republican says the same thing its RACIST


6 posted on 07/28/2019 11:43:52 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: conservative98

Folks, I got news for ya. All the inner city ghettoes are the same. I used to tell my mom (back in the day), if they took a video of what goes on here and fast forward, you’d think a riot was going on. All those cities have vacants because nobody wants to move there when they leave and try to sell. Vacants grow and grow and grow. 1st they use them to shoot up dope, prostitution and eventually they end up filing them up with trash and light them on fire and move on to the next vacant next store or near by. Check out any inner city even as small as Memphis, St Louis, Philly, Chicago the Bronx. It happens. And then we gentrify after they roll out to outter areas.


7 posted on 07/28/2019 11:53:41 AM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: Innovative

Right leads to peace, prosperity and stability. Left leads to poverty, violence and chaos. Always. Someone prove me wrong.


8 posted on 07/28/2019 12:20:27 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Innovative

[“Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation,” Sanders said during a visit to the city’s West Baltimore section in December 2015, the Baltimore Sun reported. “You would think that you were in a Third World country.”]

This quote, and the date it was stated, with source, should be Tweeted by the President. Probably will take 2 Tweets.

The liberal media will be apoplectic. Like every day of the week, of course.


9 posted on 07/28/2019 12:58:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Innovative

Truth hurts, especially when it comes from their own.


10 posted on 07/28/2019 1:03:28 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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It's the truth if it's used to excuse criminality, but a racist attack if it's used to impugn the Rats directly in charge.
11 posted on 07/28/2019 1:11:23 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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Here’s the video of him slamming Baltimore back in 2015.

He’s been in office the entire time but didn’t do a damn thing since then.

https://youtu.be/fY3QKR4BnEQ?t=19


12 posted on 07/28/2019 1:35:31 PM PDT by Bon mots
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A couple of years old but it could be any weekend:

Shooting death ruins Baltimore's 'don't kill anybody' weekend

13 posted on 07/28/2019 1:45:05 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Innovative

If you a a liberal you can have double standards...


14 posted on 07/28/2019 2:28:56 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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Bernie’s a racist.


15 posted on 07/28/2019 3:34:20 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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If it weren’t for double standards, Democrats would have no standards at all.


16 posted on 07/28/2019 3:34:53 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Lets hope he stops tweeting altogether. Last time he tweeted his ass backward policies the Dow Jones dropped 700 points.


18 posted on 08/26/2019 7:30:59 PM PDT by Kenkoinc (Feel the BERN!)
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