Smears majority-Black Baltimore district as a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess'

In a July 27 Twitter tirade against House Oversight Chair Elijah Cummings, Trump claimed the Maryland congressman's district was a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess' where 'no human being would want to live,' reprising racist tropes to attack a Black lawmaker overseeing probes of his administration.

"Cumming's District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." — Twitter thread attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings, July 27, 2019