CRIME/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday [8-2-19] to call attention to a break-in at the home of a Baltimore congressman he has been sharply criticizing for days. Trump was referring to reports in Baltimore media that police are investigating a burglary at Rep. Elijah Cummings’ home in West Baltimore that took place on Saturday…Trump has been blasting Cummings and his hometown for days. The broadsides began with a tweet on Saturday in which he described Cummings’ district as a ‘rat and rodent infested mess.’ Baltimore City police confirmed they are investigating a burglary that took place during the early morning hours of July 27 on Cummings’ block in West Baltimore. Both police and Cummings said the burglary occurred about 3:40 a.m., hours before Trump’s tweets directed at the congressman.”
–John Fritze, “‘Too bad!’: Trump responds to reports of a burglary at Rep. Elijah Cummings’ Baltimore home,” USA Today, August 2, 2019 12:19 pm