Posted on 07/31/2019 10:07:59 AM PDT by bitt
Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings declined an offer to tour a Baltimore Housing and Urban Development (HUD) facility with HUD secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday.
HUD invited Cummings to tour the facility with Carson on Tuesday, however Cummings rejected the invitation, the Daily Caller has learned.
When asked about Cummings’ absence at a press conference, Carson said that he did not know why Cummings did not attend the tour but guessed there may have been a scheduling issue.
The Daily Caller reported exclusively on Tuesday that Carson would visit Baltimore in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tweets calling the city a “rodent infested mess” in which no human being would want to live. Critics accused the president of employing racist attacks against the Maryland city and against Rep. Cummings. (RELATED: Ben Carson To Tour HUD Facility In Baltimore Following President’s Tweets)
Carson defended the president’s comments, telling Fox News, “While I was there, I worked on a lot of issues with many politicians, including Elijah Cummings, particularly in terms of childhood education and improving the life for the people … why not spend some time working more for these people, you know, who are suffering?”
Trump also recently said that he plans to visit Baltimore “at the right time.”
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Probably afraid he’ll be treated as an escaped patient.
Of course he skipped out. There’s rats in there!..............
He’s not just a grifter.
He’s a gutless grifter.
Trump’s Baltimore/Cummings Tweet is like a continual gift for our side that keeps on giving.
He has to use a Walker. Might be optic issue
In other news Carson destroys Cummings with his class.
“...He’s a gutless grifter....”
Looking for a rat hole to hide in.
Trump will visit at the right time, he says...
And that will be to hold an enormous rally. Where he will again tell them... “What do you have to lose? What the @*&% do you have to lose?”
Its going to be magnificent.
Notice how Dr. Carson gave a nice reason for Cummings not being there!! Dr. CARSON has Manners!! The DEMOCRATS have NO MANNERS!!
Who’s gonna track down how Baltimore spent the $15.7 billion the feds gave them in FY 2018? These people need to be held accountable. Not even sure if any federal agency has the responsibility to do it.
He’s not helping himself by refusing. It shows he has a problem with black conservatives. Who’s the racist here Mr. Cummings?
Isn’t Cummings partying in Italy with his gurl Pelosi?
Indeed. Dr. Carson did the gentlemanly thing and I’m sure he would do it again next time. And the next.
It is unfortunate that the Democrats would be unlikely to reciprocate. If the shoe were on the other foot? I imagine a Dem would say, “Dr. Carson refused to tour this facility, probably because he hates black people.”
Most Libs would nod in agreement, not even grasping the irony.
Not only that but there is video of Cummings calling his own district drug and rodent infested..such a racist
MAY have been a scheduling issue.
Now that's a class act.
If he thought he could figuratively smear some of MLK’s blood on himself, he would have been the first to show up.
What Sharpton there?
Cummings is too busy oversighting Ivanka and Jared's emails.
-PJ
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