Thread by @JMHendersonSr

So the former Mayor of #Baltimore, #CatherinePugh, is heard on video saying you can smell the rats, the decaying animal carcasses.

The current President of the Maryland Senate called #Baltimore a "g*d damned ghetto" and worse:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1155828398951981057

A top-rated @HBO series fictionalizes but tells the story of #Baltimore's crime laden streets:

And, of course, Baltimore led the nation in 2017, topping the annual murder rate list. Here's @CNN on the case:

And, in a 2018 listing of the 25 worst neighborhoods in America, Baltimore managed to land 5 spots for five of its worst neighborhoods:

The @NYTimes runs a long-form story of #Baltimore's descent into chaos:

nytimes.com/2019/03/12/mag…

@SenSanders said that conditions in #Baltimore are like those in #thirdworld countries:

@PBS ran "Rat Film" and in doing so provided viewers with a close-in examination of the plague of rats in Baltimore:
imdb.com/title/tt584044…

Then there's the political corruption that leaves #Baltimore residents untended by #Dem #politicians:

Baltimore Sen. Thomas Bromwell (racketeering); Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (stealing gift cards intended for city's poor); Mayor Catherine Pugh (vanity book scandal).

So, @realDonaldTrump pointedly criticizes @RepCummings.

No. He never mentions Cummings' race or ethnicity. He simply points out Cummings' failure of his constituents.

And for this, he's a #racist?

But not @NYTimes? Not #CatherinePugh? Not #MikeMiller? Not the director of #ratfilm? Not @SenSanders?

I call them as I see them, and I'm calling this one a case of certified, grade A, #bullshit.

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